Table 2
Merchandise trade: North American Product Classification System1 – Balance-of-payments basis, seasonally adjusted, current dollars
| March 2023r | February 2024r | March 2024 | February to March 2024 | March 2023 to March 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total exports | 63,497 | 66,097 | 62,564 | -5.3 | -1.5 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 5,739 | 5,112 | 4,641 | -9.2 | -19.1 |
| Energy products | 13,376 | 14,857 | 14,135 | -4.9 | 5.7 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 2,614 | 2,204 | 2,195 | -0.4 | -16.0 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 7,376 | 9,449 | 7,806 | -17.4 | 5.8 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 3,651 | 3,475 | 3,389 | -2.5 | -7.2 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 3,913 | 4,035 | 3,952 | -2.1 | 1.0 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 4,275 | 4,298 | 4,261 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 2,777 | 2,780 | 2,798 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 8,071 | 8,525 | 7,990 | -6.3 | -1.0 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 2,448 | 2,200 | 2,545 | 15.7 | 4.0 |
| Consumer goods | 7,500 | 7,425 | 7,149 | -3.7 | -4.7 |
| Special transactions trade 2 | 348 | 349 | 323 | -7.5 | -7.2 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,410 | 1,387 | 1,380 | -0.5 | -2.1 |
| Total imports | 62,980 | 65,621 | 64,840 | -1.2 | 3.0 |
| Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 2,286 | 2,513 | 2,486 | -1.1 | 8.8 |
| Energy products | 3,893 | 3,816 | 3,676 | -3.7 | -5.6 |
| Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 1,545 | 1,818 | 1,288 | -29.2 | -16.6 |
| Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 5,183 | 4,815 | 5,334 | 10.8 | 2.9 |
| Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 5,154 | 4,882 | 5,182 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
| Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 2,757 | 2,986 | 2,937 | -1.7 | 6.5 |
| Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 7,935 | 7,699 | 7,597 | -1.3 | -4.3 |
| Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 7,214 | 7,663 | 7,042 | -8.1 | -2.4 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 10,670 | 11,686 | 11,870 | 1.6 | 11.3 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 1,955 | 2,371 | 1,902 | -19.8 | -2.7 |
| Consumer goods | 12,044 | 12,943 | 13,049 | 0.8 | 8.3 |
| Special transactions trade 2 | 1,260 | 1,329 | 1,386 | 4.3 | 10.0 |
| Other balance of payments adjustments | 1,086 | 1,100 | 1,092 | -0.7 | 0.5 |
r
revised
Note(s):
Totals may not equal the sum of their components as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 12-10-0163-01.
Table note 1
International merchandise trade data are based on the 2022 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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