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Table 8.3-1
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 91.3 101.3 235.1 78.3 113.9 70.8 80.9 76.1
2009 92.3 104.5 162.0 78.4 111.2 76.5 85.6 83.6
April 2008 88.0 96.2 237.5 75.3 107.9 67.6 78.7 72.2
May 2008 87.4 97.8 232.2 75.0 109.8 67.7 77.9 71.2
June 2008 91.1 99.9 267.9 76.6 111.2 67.8 79.8 72.2
July 2008 91.8 102.2 288.4 76.3 115.3 67.6 80.0 72.6
August 2008 93.2 103.8 286.6 79.0 119.2 70.1 80.7 76.2
September 2008 93.7 105.8 261.0 78.0 121.7 70.9 81.1 76.9
October 2008 99.8 107.6 240.0 84.4 127.1 77.8 86.5 85.1
November 2008 99.0 110.5 204.3 84.8 127.6 80.2 87.4 87.3
December 2008 98.5 112.1 172.9 87.9 124.1 82.3 88.5 88.9
January 2009 96.9 112.1 142.8 87.3 119.6 81.6 88.9 89.7
February 2009 98.3 112.1 144.8 86.9 120.4 83.9 89.9 90.8
March 2009 98.3 111.5 142.9 85.2 119.8 83.9 90.4 91.8
April 2009 96.3 112.1 159.5 81.5 114.6 81.7 88.8 89.3
May 2009 92.1 107.0 155.5 78.2 107.9 77.3 86.6 83.5
June 2009 90.9 105.0 159.7 75.4 107.3 75.2 85.6 82.4
July 2009 91.2 102.6 175.0 77.8 105.8 75.4 85.7 82.3
August 2009 89.2 100.3 173.2 75.2 104.4 72.2 85.0 80.0
September 2009 89.4 99.0 167.2 75.3 109.8 72.8 83.7 80.0
October 2009 88.4 96.9 163.8 73.9 107.8 71.3 82.5 78.2
November 2009 88.7 98.3 171.9 73.5 107.8 72.1 82.4 78.8
December 2009 89.7 99.7 189.7 72.3 109.1 71.3 82.2 78.4
January 2010 88.8 99.1 175.8 72.0 108.4 70.0 82.8 78.0
February 2010 89.2 100.8 183.0 74.0 107.9 71.0 83.3 79.5
March 2010 89.5 103.8 192.3 73.2 108.7 69.4 81.8 76.8
April 2010 87.4 99.5 200.8 75.1 104.8 68.2 81.0 74.5
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 486,037 28,145 22,617 3,649 80,810 173,323 88,951 75,633 129.2 
2009 405,305 28,080 20,960 3,042 67,516 141,090 64,632 68,763 115.7 
April 2008 40,520 2,338 1,888 307 6,764 14,306 7,491 6,277 131.9 
May 2008 42,802 2,385 1,838 323 7,263 15,550 7,800 6,619 136.5 
June 2008 42,342 2,334 2,089 316 6,962 14,988 8,109 6,520 135.2 
July 2008 42,921 2,369 1,910 323 7,037 15,248 8,457 6,563 137.0 
August 2008 40,317 2,361 1,606 306 6,735 14,366 7,344 6,499 133.4 
September 2008 40,703 2,359 1,770 303 6,586 14,838 7,276 6,492 131.5 
October 2008 39,055 2,369 2,133 289 6,314 13,971 6,816 5,964 126.2 
November 2008 38,320 2,311 1,941 292 6,154 13,852 6,621 5,983 119.5 
December 2008 35,876 2,241 1,847 248 5,999 12,883 5,753 5,753 113.6 
January 2009 33,222 2,281 1,990 252 5,632 11,963 4,352 5,577 114.0 
February 2009 32,689 2,256 1,895 242 5,642 11,739 4,349 5,526 111.4 
March 2009 31,577 2,242 1,682 245 5,477 11,181 4,512 5,321 111.4 
April 2009 31,957 2,214 1,618 245 5,273 11,492 4,693 5,474 110.7 
May 2009 32,353 2,236 1,680 231 5,538 11,580 4,538 5,681 113.5 
June 2009 32,405 2,396 1,658 248 5,422 11,459 4,650 5,717 117.4 
July 2009 35,035 2,379 1,791 244 5,574 12,277 6,081 5,791 114.9 
August 2009 34,864 2,416 1,755 258 5,598 12,016 6,177 5,797 117.7 
September 2009 34,355 2,365 1,574 267 5,842 11,789 5,825 5,821 116.7 
October 2009 34,738 2,428 1,769 261 5,877 11,656 5,991 5,945 118.9 
November 2009 35,643 2,457 1,751 272 5,759 12,033 6,524 5,941 120.7 
December 2009 36,360 2,403 1,797 279 5,913 11,898 6,976 6,182 120.6 
January 2010 36,129 2,382 1,912 288 5,941 11,826 6,978 5,927 123.0 
February 2010 36,581 2,365 1,657 299 6,111 12,150 7,178 5,884 123.0 
March 2010 37,421 2,345 1,818 306 6,769 12,588 6,815 5,989 120.8 
April 2010 37,479 2,454 1,760 294 6,403 12,661 6,958 5,800 122.0 
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.