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    <label>Access to credit is a more common barrier to growth for Indigenous-owned exporting firms than for other small exporters</label>
    <description><![CDATA[Share of exporting firms citing a lack of financing or cash flow as a major barrier to exporting, by firm type

Results for Indigenous-owned exporting firms are from the 2021 Survey of Indigenous-Owned Firms, which the Bank of Canada delivered with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business and Global Affairs Canada. Results for All Canadian small and medium-sized exporting firms are from Statistics Canada's 2020 Survey on Financing and Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises. Exporters represent 7.2% of firms in the Survey of Indigenous-Owned Firms compared with 12.1% of all Canadian small and medium-sized firms.

Statistics Canada, Bank of Canada and Bank of Canada calculations]]></description>
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<label>Share of exporting firms citing a lack of financing or cash flow as a major barrier to exporting, by firm type</label>
<description>Share of exporting firms citing a lack of financing or cash flow as a major barrier to exporting, by firm type</description>
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<o k="Indigenous-owned exporting firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C3_S1">38.9</v></o>
<o k="All Canadian small and medium-sized exporting firms"><v s="SABA_FUDU20260618_C3_S1">20.9</v></o>
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