Table 2
Merchandise trade: North American Product Classification System1 – Balance-of-payments basis, seasonally adjusted, current dollars
| September 2022 | August 2023r | September 2023 | August to September 2023 | September 2022 to September 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total exports | 66,202 | 65,278 | 67,029 | 2.7 | 1.2 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 5,042 | 4,555 | 4,924 | 8.1 | -2.3 |
| Energy products | 18,103 | 15,242 | 16,852 | 10.6 | -6.9 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 2,747 | 2,119 | 2,240 | 5.7 | -18.5 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 7,523 | 8,421 | 7,520 | -10.7 | 0.0 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 3,585 | 3,607 | 3,525 | -2.3 | -1.7 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 4,734 | 4,086 | 4,079 | -0.2 | -13.8 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 3,982 | 4,210 | 4,353 | 3.4 | 9.3 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 2,744 | 2,920 | 2,904 | -0.6 | 5.8 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 6,795 | 8,668 | 8,869 | 2.3 | 30.5 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 2,113 | 2,343 | 2,544 | 8.6 | 20.4 |
| Consumer goods | 7,086 | 7,369 | 7,456 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Special transactions trade 2 | 332 | 347 | 342 | -1.5 | 2.9 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,417 | 1,390 | 1,421 | 2.3 | 0.3 |
| Total imports | 65,386 | 64,329 | 64,991 | 1.0 | -0.6 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 2,274 | 2,404 | 2,520 | 4.8 | 10.8 |
| Energy products | 3,868 | 3,875 | 3,774 | -2.6 | -2.4 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 1,662 | 1,522 | 1,432 | -5.9 | -13.9 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 5,180 | 5,249 | 5,481 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 5,794 | 4,775 | 4,720 | -1.1 | -18.5 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 3,119 | 2,760 | 2,813 | 1.9 | -9.8 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 7,628 | 7,774 | 7,497 | -3.6 | -1.7 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 7,427 | 7,070 | 6,977 | -1.3 | -6.1 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 10,064 | 12,200 | 12,910 | 5.8 | 28.3 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 2,035 | 2,131 | 1,911 | -10.3 | -6.1 |
| Consumer goods | 13,988 | 12,225 | 12,390 | 1.3 | -11.4 |
| Special transactions trade 2 | 1,214 | 1,229 | 1,446 | 17.7 | 19.1 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,134 | 1,113 | 1,120 | 0.6 | -1.3 |
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-value transactions, value of repairs to equipment and goods returned to the country of origin.
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