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Table 7.3-1
Merchandise price and volume — Imports

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Imports: Part 1
  Current weighted price indexes
Imports Agricultural and fish products Energy products Forest products Industrial goods Machinery and equipment Automobile products Consumer goods
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   2002=100
2008 91.3 101.4 237.5 78.3 114.2 70.8 80.9 76.0
2009 92.1 104.5 162.0 78.4 111.2 76.5 83.5 83.6
March 2008 85.6 95.4 219.9 75.1 105.9 66.6 78.1 71.0
April 2008 87.9 96.8 238.4 75.4 107.8 67.6 78.7 72.1
May 2008 87.5 97.5 233.7 74.9 109.8 67.6 77.9 71.0
June 2008 91.1 99.9 270.5 76.5 111.4 67.7 79.9 72.1
July 2008 91.7 102.2 275.4 76.5 115.5 67.5 80.1 72.6
August 2008 92.7 103.5 279.8 78.8 119.2 70.1 80.7 76.0
September 2008 93.6 105.5 256.9 78.2 122.0 71.0 81.1 76.7
October 2008 99.4 107.8 239.6 84.4 127.0 78.0 86.2 85.1
November 2008 98.9 111.4 208.2 84.7 128.0 79.9 87.2 87.3
December 2008 98.7 112.8 177.6 87.9 124.5 82.3 87.9 88.9
January 2009 97.5 112.1 151.2 87.3 119.7 81.7 88.2 89.7
February 2009 98.6 112.1 148.9 86.9 120.4 84.1 88.5 90.9
March 2009 98.3 111.5 148.7 85.2 119.9 84.1 88.8 91.7
April 2009 96.5 112.2 160.0 81.5 114.7 81.5 87.1 89.4
May 2009 92.3 107.1 155.0 78.2 108.0 77.3 84.7 83.3
June 2009 90.9 105.0 158.0 75.4 107.4 75.2 83.4 82.3
July 2009 90.6 102.7 164.3 77.8 105.7 75.2 83.5 82.3
August 2009 88.6 100.3 164.1 75.2 104.4 72.3 82.5 80.1
September 2009 88.7 98.9 161.4 75.3 109.6 72.8 81.3 80.1
October 2009 87.9 96.9 164.3 73.9 107.7 71.4 79.8 78.3
November 2009 88.3 98.4 172.7 73.5 107.9 72.1 79.9 78.9
December 2009 89.4 99.6 194.3 72.3 109.0 71.4 80.4 78.5
January 2010 88.6 99.3 185.6 72.1 108.4 70.2 80.9 78.0
February 2010 88.6 100.8 186.8 74.1 107.8 71.3 81.3 79.6
March 2010 87.3 103.9 195.8 73.2 100.4 69.7 80.1 76.8
Imports: Part 2
  Volume Terms of trade
Imports 1 Agricultural and fish products Energy products Forest products Industrial goods Machinery and equipment Automobile products Consumer goods  
  millions of 2002 dollars
2008 485,200 28,117 22,346 3,664 80,187 173,204 88,948 75,687 129.2 
2009 406,490 28,080 20,960 3,042 67,516 141,090 66,257 68,763 115.7 
March 2008 40,220 2,319 1,698 318 6,896 14,609 7,030 6,278 131.8 
April 2008 40,459 2,315 1,868 312 6,712 14,357 7,535 6,269 131.4 
May 2008 41,930 2,382 1,804 324 7,144 15,172 7,558 6,564 135.9 
June 2008 41,605 2,334 2,045 316 6,786 14,742 7,904 6,423 135.6 
July 2008 43,049 2,362 2,030 325 6,951 15,237 8,548 6,608 136.2 
August 2008 40,431 2,376 1,614 307 6,660 14,555 7,283 6,496 133.1 
September 2008 40,676 2,347 1,791 302 6,509 14,718 7,472 6,456 131.0 
October 2008 39,226 2,347 2,148 289 6,349 13,844 6,882 5,979 126.8 
November 2008 38,553 2,298 1,909 288 6,123 14,091 6,643 6,006 120.8 
December 2008 36,165 2,252 1,805 244 6,027 12,891 5,970 5,828 113.9 
January 2009 33,050 2,287 1,876 252 5,633 11,941 4,394 5,580 112.2 
February 2009 32,770 2,257 1,849 241 5,637 11,856 4,427 5,541 111.1 
March 2009 31,777 2,231 1,590 246 5,475 11,368 4,662 5,303 111.8 
April 2009 31,542 2,206 1,616 247 5,263 11,028 4,848 5,467 110.4 
May 2009 31,939 2,235 1,674 232 5,555 11,201 4,659 5,602 113.0 
June 2009 32,007 2,392 1,677 248 5,389 11,059 4,784 5,642 117.2 
July 2009 35,152 2,371 1,930 245 5,619 12,322 5,919 5,870 115.0 
August 2009 35,236 2,433 1,852 255 5,593 12,245 6,236 5,799 117.5 
September 2009 34,892 2,362 1,638 270 5,830 11,995 6,075 5,838 117.0 
October 2009 35,068 2,431 1,761 260 5,869 11,758 6,196 5,968 119.6 
November 2009 36,058 2,459 1,731 267 5,750 12,217 6,826 5,939 121.9 
December 2009 36,815 2,406 1,769 279 5,933 12,086 7,226 6,210 121.0 
January 2010 36,469 2,380 1,790 288 5,994 11,983 7,159 5,977 123.3 
February 2010 36,831 2,363 1,538 298 6,112 12,244 7,345 5,940 125.5 
March 2010 38,120 2,339 1,617 306 7,245 12,628 7,020 6,015 124.1 
Total includes balance of payment adjustments.
Source(s):
Canadian International Merchandise Trade (Catalogue no. 65-001-XIB), Client services (613-951-9647), (1-800-294-5583). CANSIM tables: 228-0053 , 228-0041 and 228-0055.