International Commodity Exports Trade Data

Monthly and annual trade data releases produced by BC Stats, primarily using Statistics Canada's International Trade Statistics and the Monthly Electricity Supply and Disposition Survey. The dataset covers international commodity exports, with the latest update recorded on 2026-07-01. It is provided by the Government of British Columbia under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly and annual trends in commodity exports based on the described time-series nature.
• Model trade in electrical energy based on data sourced from the Monthly Electricity Supply and Disposition Survey.
• Conduct economic impact studies for British Columbia based on international trade statistics.
• Benchmark regional export performance using data adapted from Statistics Canada sources.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official Statistics Canada surveys, suggesting authoritative origin.
• Includes both monthly and annual temporal granularity for trend analysis.
• Released under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

BC Stats, Government of British Columbia, using data from Statistics Canada.

Collection Method

Adapted from Statistics Canada's International Trade Statistics (custom extract) and Monthly Electricity Supply and Disposition Survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-01 17:01:01.443052; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on British Columbia, Canada, given the source organization.