More than 2,000 establishments began exporting in 2004, the smallest number of new exporters in any year covered by the register. The value of their exports exceeded $1.9 billion, but this was the lowest reported by new exporters since 1998. Establishments exporting more than $25 million annually continued to account for the majority of merchandise exports. The largest 4% of exporting establishments accounted for 82% of the total value of merchandise trade in 2004. Those exporting less than $1 million a year represented 72% of all exporting establishments, yet they accounted for less than 2% of the value of merchandise exports. Establishments with fewer than 50 employees accounted for 72% of exporters, but only 27% of the total value of merchandise exports. Conversely, only 6.2% of all exporters employed more than 200 people, but they represented almost half of all merchandise exports. The 50 largest exporting enterprises accounted for 44% of all merchandise exports in 2004. Their share has declined steadily since 2000, when they represented 50% of merchandise exports. Note: The current Canadian Exporter Register incorporates the same main aggregates as the previous versions. These main aggregates consist of the number of establishments whose merchandise exports exceeded $30,000 in at least one year between 1993 and 2004, classified by industry grouping, exporter size, province or territory of residence of the exporter, destination of export and employment size (for 2004 only). This follow-up set of tables includes data for 2004, as well as revisions from 1993 to 2003.
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