Table 2 
Merchandise trade: North American Product Classification System1 – Balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted, current dollars 

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Merchandise trade: North American Product Classification System – Balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted, current dollars
  December 2018 November 2019r December 2019 November to December 2019 December 2018 to December 2019
  millions of dollarsmillions of dollarsmillions of dollars % change% change
Total exports 46,370 48,378 49,321 1.9 6.4
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 3,404 3,018 3,031 0.4 -11.0
Energy products 6,473 8,643 9,466 9.5 46.2
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 1,905 1,421 1,662 16.9 -12.7
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 4,880 6,137 5,492 -10.5 12.6
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 2,826 2,731 2,892 5.9 2.3
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 3,821 3,289 3,397 3.3 -11.1
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 3,348 3,279 3,386 3.3 1.1
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 2,550 2,462 2,420 -1.7 -5.1
Motor vehicles and parts 7,491 7,509 7,612 1.4 1.6
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 2,483 2,592 2,453 -5.4 -1.2
Consumer goods 5,729 5,964 6,032 1.1 5.3
Special transactions trade2 313 317 324 2.2 3.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 1,147 1,016 1,154 13.6 0.6
Total imports 51,323 49,573 49,690 0.2 -3.2
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 1,855 1,689 1,811 7.2 -2.4
Energy products 3,291 3,226 3,188 -1.2 -3.1
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 1,353 1,219 968 -20.6 -28.5
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 3,374 3,155 3,157 0.1 -6.4
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,734 3,651 3,674 0.6 -1.6
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 2,294 2,187 2,178 -0.4 -5.1
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 5,988 5,601 5,377 -4.0 -10.2
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 6,012 6,043 5,896 -2.4 -1.9
Motor vehicles and parts 9,420 9,205 9,019 -2.0 -4.3
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,804 1,719 2,061 19.9 14.2
Consumer goods 10,469 10,173 10,585 4.0 1.1
Special transactions trade2 751 759 826 8.7 10.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 979 947 952 0.5 -2.7
r
revised
Note(s):
Totals may not equal the sum of their components as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 12-10-0121-01.

Table note 1

International merchandise trade data are based on the 2017 North American Product Classification System.

Table note 2

These are mainly low-valued transactions, value of repairs to equipment, and goods returned to country of origin.
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