Export and import price indexes, March 2012

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Current- and fixed-weighted export and import price indexes (2002=100) on a customs or balance of payments basis are now available. Price indexes are listed from January 2002 to March 2012 for the five commodity sections and the major commodity groups (62 exports and 61 imports).

Current- and fixed-weighted US price indexes (2002=100) are also available on a customs basis. Price indexes are listed from January 2002 to March 2012. Included with the US commodity indexes are the 10 all-countries and US-only Standard International Trade Classification section indexes.

Available without charge in CANSIM: tables CANSIM table228-0047 to 228-0055.

Merchandise imports and exports data in the following tables are indexes (2002=100).

Tables 228-0047 to 228-0049: Balance of payments and customs-based price and volume indexes for all countries; monthly, quarterly and annual.

Tables 228-0050 to 228-0052: Customs-based price indexes, Canada and the United States trade, and Standard International Trade Classification (SITC revision 3) price indexes for all countries and the United States; monthly, quarterly and annual.

Tables 228-0053 to 228-0055: Price and volume indexes, customs and balance of payments basis, by sector and subsector; for all countries, monthly, quarterly and annual.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers survey number2201, survey number2202 and survey number2203.

The March 2012 issue of Canadian International Merchandise Trade, Vol. 66, no. 3 (Catalogue number65-001-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications.

Data on Canadian international merchandise trade for April will be released on June 8.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Statistics Canada's National Contact Centre (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 613-951-8116; infostats@statcan.gc.ca) or the Media Hotline (613-951-4636; statcan.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.statcan@canada.ca).