Table 2
Merchandise trade: North American Product Classification System1 – Balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted, current dollars
| April 2019r | March 2020r | April 2020 | March to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total exports | 50,373 | 46,430 | 32,658 | -29.7 | -35.2 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 3,293 | 3,544 | 3,531 | -0.4 | 7.2 |
| Energy products | 10,001 | 8,354 | 4,711 | -43.6 | -52.9 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 1,737 | 1,615 | 1,750 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 5,817 | 5,435 | 4,323 | -20.5 | -25.7 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 2,868 | 2,600 | 2,174 | -16.4 | -24.2 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 3,676 | 3,487 | 2,990 | -14.3 | -18.7 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 3,509 | 3,211 | 2,359 | -26.5 | -32.8 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 2,494 | 2,268 | 1,909 | -15.8 | -23.5 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 7,472 | 6,359 | 1,089 | -82.9 | -85.4 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 2,197 | 1,967 | 1,316 | -33.1 | -40.1 |
| Consumer goods | 5,869 | 6,089 | 5,203 | -14.5 | -11.3 |
| Special transactions trade2 | 323 | 307 | 242 | -21.2 | -25.3 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,117 | 1,194 | 1,062 | -11.1 | -4.9 |
| Total imports | 51,705 | 47,956 | 35,909 | -25.1 | -30.5 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 1,765 | 1,895 | 1,673 | -11.7 | -5.2 |
| Energy products | 3,368 | 2,725 | 1,264 | -53.6 | -62.5 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 1,244 | 1,074 | 1,607 | 49.6 | 29.2 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 3,179 | 3,185 | 3,356 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 3,868 | 3,861 | 3,341 | -13.5 | -13.6 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 2,280 | 2,182 | 1,939 | -11.1 | -15.0 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 5,994 | 5,298 | 4,133 | -22.0 | -31.1 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 5,990 | 5,351 | 4,997 | -6.6 | -16.6 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 9,746 | 8,199 | 1,878 | -77.1 | -80.7 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 1,980 | 2,135 | 1,033 | -51.6 | -47.8 |
| Consumer goods | 10,526 | 10,363 | 9,156 | -11.6 | -13.0 |
| Special transactions trade2 | 766 | 783 | 817 | 4.4 | 6.7 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,000 | 906 | 716 | -21.0 | -28.4 |
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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