ANNEX

USE JL STATISTICS

Population - 26.30m (December 1989)

Total Area (land and water) - 3,851,809 square miles (Canada is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest country in the world, after the USSR)

UK exports to Canada

An increase of 6.2%.

UK imports from Canada

increase of 6%.

£2038 million (1993). £2166 million (1983).

£2038 million (1988). £2174 (1989). An

(Note: Balance of trade in 1989 was $9 million in Canada's favour,

whilst 1984 balance was £434 million in Canada's favour)

UK investment in Canada C$14.9 billion (second largest after the

US)

Canadian investment in UK

C$3.8 billion (UK is second largest

recipient of Canadian investment after US)

Unemployment 8.3% (August 1990)

GNP per capita C$24,600 (1990)

Inflation

4.18 (August 1990)

North America Department

August 1990

IN CONFIDENCE

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