Canada - United States Border Survey

Table 56 Differences between Canadian and United States requirements including product standards, health and safety and border-related regulations as a business challenge

Industry	Challenge	Small and Medium Establishments						Large Establishments						All Establishments
Industry	Challenge	Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question	QI	Number of Businesses per Response	QI	Percentage of Businesses per Response	QI	Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question	QI	Number of Businesses per Response	QI	Percentage of Businesses per Response	QI	Total Number of Businesses that Responded to this Question	QI	Number of Businesses per Response	QI	Percentage of Businesses per Response	QI
Food (NAICS 311)	Not a challenge at all	958	B	205	D	21	D	207	C	55	E	26	D	1165	A	260	C	22	C
	A small challenge	958	B	225	D	23	D	207	C	27	C	13	D	1165	A	251	C	22	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	958	B	254	D	27	D	207	C	94	D	45	C	1165	A	348	C	30	C
	A significant challenge	958	B	253	D	26	D	207	C	27	C	13	D	1165	A	280	D	24	C
	An extreme challenge	958	B	F		F		207	C	F		F		1165	A	F		F
Wood product (NAICS 321)	Not a challenge at all	583	B	224	C	38	C	176	D	66	E	37	D	759	A	290	C	38	C
	A small challenge	583	B	143	D	25	C	176	D	F		F		759	A	171	C	23	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	583	B	139	D	24	D	176	D	50	E	28	E	759	A	189	D	25	C
	A significant challenge	583	B	64	E	11	E	176	D	F		F		759	A	97	D	13	D
	An extreme challenge	583	B	F		F		176	D	0	A	0	A	759	A	F		F
Paper (NAICS 322)	Not a challenge at all	232	A	75	C	32	C	152	A	36	C	24	C	384	A	111	B	29	B
	A small challenge	232	A	84	C	36	C	152	A	57	C	37	B	384	A	141	B	37	B
	Somewhat of a challenge	232	A	47	D	20	D	152	A	48	C	32	C	384	A	95	C	25	C
	A significant challenge	232	A	27	D	12	D	152	A	F		F		384	A	33	D	9	D
	An extreme challenge	232	A	0	A	0	A	152	A	4	E	3	E	384	A	4	E	1	E
Petroleum and Coal Products (NAICS 324)	Not a challenge at all	47	C	16	E	34	E	31	C	13	E	42	D	78	B	29	D	37	D
	A small challenge	47	C	11	D	23	D	31	C	7	E	23	E	78	B	18	D	23	D
	Somewhat of a challenge	47	C	F		F		31	C	F		F		78	B	F		19	E
	A significant challenge	47	C	F		F		31	C	F		30	E	78	B	15	E	19	E
	An extreme challenge	47	C	F		F		31	C	0	A	0	A	78	B	F		F
Chemical (NAICS 325)	Not a challenge at all	450	A	121	D	27	C	149	C	35	E	24	E	599	A	156	C	26	C
	A small challenge	450	A	79	D	18	D	149	C	35	C	24	D	599	A	115	C	19	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	450	A	172	C	38	C	149	C	46	D	31	D	599	A	218	B	36	B
	A significant challenge	450	A	74	D	16	D	149	C	33	E	22	E	599	A	107	D	18	D
	An extreme challenge	450	A	F		F		149	C	0	A	0	A	599	A	F		F
Primary Metal (NAICS 331)	Not a challenge at all	147	B	61	C	41	C	90	A	26	C	29	C	237	A	87	C	37	C
	A small challenge	147	B	31	D	21	D	90	A	26	C	28	C	237	A	57	C	24	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	147	B	29	D	20	D	90	A	35	C	39	C	237	A	65	C	27	C
	A significant challenge	147	B	26	D	18	D	90	A	F		F		237	A	29	D	12	D
	An extreme challenge	147	B	0	A	0	A	90	A	0	A	0	A	237	A	0	A	0	A
Machinery (NAICS 333)	Not a challenge at all	991	A	385	B	39	B	111	C	39	D	35	D	1102	A	424	B	39	B
	A small challenge	991	A	290	C	29	C	111	C	33	E	29	D	1102	A	323	C	29	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	991	A	184	D	19	D	111	C	26	C	23	D	1102	A	210	C	19	C
	A significant challenge	991	A	107	D	11	D	111	C	14	D	13	D	1102	A	121	D	11	D
	An extreme challenge	991	A	F		F		111	C	0	A	0	A	1102	A	F		F
Computer and Electronics (NAICS 334)	Not a challenge at all	347	A	98	C	28	C	67	B	14	E	21	D	414	A	112	C	27	C
	A small challenge	347	A	71	D	21	D	67	B	18	D	27	D	414	A	90	C	22	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	347	A	97	C	28	C	67	B	13	D	19	D	414	A	110	C	26	C
	A significant challenge	347	A	74	D	21	D	67	B	16	D	24	D	414	A	90	C	22	C
	An extreme challenge	347	A	F		F		67	B	6	E	9	E	414	A	14	E	3	E
Automotive (NAICS 3361-3)	Not a challenge at all	307	A	124	C	40	C	165	A	52	C	31	C	473	A	176	B	37	B
	A small challenge	307	A	39	D	13	D	165	A	47	C	28	C	473	A	85	C	18	C
	Somewhat of a challenge	307	A	106	C	35	C	165	A	51	C	31	C	473	A	157	B	33	B
	A significant challenge	307	A	39	D	13	D	165	A	16	E	10	E	473	A	55	D	12	D
	An extreme challenge	307	A	0	A	0	A	165	A	0	A	0	A	473	A	0	A	0	A
Aerospace (NAICS 3364)	Not a challenge at all	54	B	13	E	25	E	41	A	9	E	23	E	95	A	23	D	24	D
	A small challenge	54	B	17	E	31	E	41	A	10	E	24	E	95	A	27	D	28	D
	Somewhat of a challenge	54	B	15	E	28	E	41	A	13	D	32	D	95	A	28	D	30	D
	A significant challenge	54	B	F		F		41	A	7	E	16	E	95	A	F		F
	An extreme challenge	54	B	F		F		41	A	F		F		95	A	F		F
Grand Total	Not a challenge at all	4116	A	1322	A	32	A	1190	A	345	B	29	B	5306	A	1667	A	31	A
	A small challenge	4116	A	990	B	24	B	1190	A	288	B	24	B	5306	A	1277	A	24	A
	Somewhat of a challenge	4116	A	1056	B	26	B	1190	A	377	B	32	B	5306	A	1433	A	27	A
	A significant challenge	4116	A	670	B	16	B	1190	A	164	C	14	C	5306	A	835	B	16	B
	An extreme challenge	4116	A	78	D	2	D	1190	A	16	D	1	D	5306	A	94	D	2	D

Symbols:

… not applicable

x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

A - D acceptable or better

E use with caution

F too unreliable to be published

Note: Data may not add to totals as a result of rounding

Source: Statistics Canada, Canada-United States Border Survey, Question 56