Geography Reference
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15
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United States
Japan
China
Korea
Italy
United Kingdom
Germany
Taiwan
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1992 1995
2000
2005
Figure 2.3
Exports from British Columbia, 1992-2006 (
Source
: Government of Canada 2007)
together amounted to less than a fifth (19 percent) of the total.
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In contrast
in terms of inward FDI to Canada the four East Asian territories accounted
for almost two-fifths (39 percent) and Japan over one-half (52 percent) of
targeted Asian/Australasian investment in 2005.
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Hong Kong is particularly
strategic, consistently in second rank behind Japan, a remarkably focussed
capital outflow for a city state, and indicative of the investment/immigration
linkages to be examined shortly.
An additional indicator of the growing interaction between Canada, spe-
cifically British Columbia, and Asia Pacific is provided by air traffic through
Vancouver's international airport (YVR). The data employed here describe
passenger numbers on selected routes derived from the International Civil
Aviation Organization's Onflight Origin and Destination (OFOD) files
from 1984 to 2000. The data are collected from airlines only for direct
