Table 4.2-2
Merchandise trade — Imports

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Imports: Part 1
  Imports
Total United States United Kingdom Other European Union Japan Other organisation for economic co-operation and development Other countries
v183406 v183474 v183475 v183476 v183477 v183478 v183479
  millions of dollars
1971 15,314 10,726 877 972 803 523 1,412
1972 18,272 12,594 972 1,200 1,071 684 1,750
1973 22,726 16,090 996 1,450 996 864 2,330
1974 30,903 20,652 1,171 1,894 1,412 1,154 4,620
1975 33,962 23,058 1,224 2,046 1,189 1,188 5,258
1976 36,608 25,124 1,132 1,985 1,506 1,214 5,648
1977 41,523 29,448 1,286 2,379 1,774 1,250 5,386
1978 49,048 34,845 1,601 3,092 2,249 1,448 5,813
1979 61,157 44,480 1,876 3,712 2,111 1,887 7,091
1980 67,903 47,343 1,942 3,740 2,811 2,117 9,950
1981 77,140 52,777 2,384 4,056 4,045 2,174 11,705
1982 66,738 47,072 1,938 3,752 3,552 2,180 8,245
1983 73,098 52,721 1,732 4,087 4,354 2,040 8,164
1984 91,492 65,893 2,294 6,232 5,477 1,900 9,697
1985 102,670 73,406 3,103 7,469 6,063 2,530 10,097
1986 115,195 80,804 3,658 9,211 7,646 2,851 11,025
1987 119,324 82,706 4,570 9,300 7,568 3,190 11,990
1988 132,715 92,497 4,733 10,736 8,024 3,703 13,021
1989 139,216 97,298 4,706 9,973 8,366 4,124 14,749
1990 141,000 97,512 5,022 10,418 8,320 4,975 14,754
1991 140,658 97,578 4,316 10,190 8,748 4,550 15,275
1992 154,429 110,378 4,015 9,908 8,913 4,616 16,599
1993 177,123 130,244 4,484 9,543 8,477 4,684 19,691
1994 207,873 155,661 4,854 11,550 8,316 7,365 20,127
1995 229,936 172,516 4,899 15,390 8,428 7,942 20,761
1996 237,689 180,010 5,581 14,995 7,227 9,041 20,835
1997 277,726 211,451 6,126 18,113 8,711 11,377 21,948
1998 303,399 233,778 6,083 19,141 9,672 11,399 23,326
1999 327,026 249,485 7,685 20,766 10,592 13,257 25,240
2000 362,337 266,511 12,289 21,136 11,730 19,068 31,602
2001 350,071 254,331 11,954 23,197 10,572 18,650 31,368
2002 356,727 255,232 10,181 25,867 11,733 19,686 34,027
2003 342,710 240,356 9,183 26,001 10,646 19,697 36,827
2004 363,158 250,038 9,460 27,007 10,095 22,284 44,274
2005 387,838 259,333 9,066 29,487 11,213 24,282 54,456
2006 404,345 265,088 9,547 32,547 11,850 23,680 61,632
2007 415,683 270,067 9,963 32,404 11,967 25,160 66,123
2008 443,777 281,535 11,233 35,461 11,672 27,380 76,496
2009 374,081 236,290 8,530 30,241 9,329 25,962 63,731
2010 413,833 259,952 9,561 30,788 10,067 29,013 74,451
Imports: Part 2
  Imports
Agricultural and fishing Energy Forestry Industrial goods Machinery and equipment Auto Consumer goods
v21386895 v21386898 v21386901 v21386902 v21386906 v21386911 v21386915
  millions of dollars
1971 1,325 913 165 3,281 4,113 4,030 1,609
1972 1,568 1,078 242 3,698 4,978 4,850 2,035
1973 2,214 1,332 319 4,465 6,245 5,988 2,472
1974 2,828 3,329 426 6,673 8,148 6,936 3,090
1975 2,976 4,163 440 6,281 9,073 8,102 3,370
1976 3,219 4,054 470 6,484 9,301 9,288 4,085
1977 3,710 4,200 467 7,315 10,230 11,332 4,513
1978 4,220 4,472 551 9,280 12,663 13,078 5,258
1979 4,728 5,765 727 12,845 16,481 14,900 6,161
1980 5,383 8,410 628 14,716 19,282 13,321 6,765
1981 5,876 9,692 739 16,066 22,606 15,664 7,656
1982 5,439 6,737 511 13,118 18,934 14,555 7,361
1983 5,546 5,161 732 15,094 20,735 18,634 8,348
1984 6,534 6,133 822 18,185 26,492 25,499 10,184
1985 6,449 6,347 856 19,956 28,317 30,940 10,410
1986 7,229 5,085 1,044 21,488 31,285 32,968 11,976
1987 7,391 5,914 1,165 21,640 33,311 32,612 12,670
1988 7,558 5,176 1,293 25,557 40,721 33,193 13,568
1989 8,256 6,221 1,358 26,929 43,303 31,943 15,023
1990 8,739 8,198 1,324 26,325 42,918 30,480 15,854
1991 9,004 6,629 1,218 24,688 42,885 30,961 16,615
1992 9,736 6,478 1,388 27,278 46,674 33,680 18,943
1993 11,014 6,969 1,566 32,162 53,096 39,944 21,368
1994 12,578 6,960 1,810 39,187 65,717 47,835 23,441
1995 13,375 7,237 2,038 45,569 75,700 50,086 25,546
1996 14,138 9,605 1,914 46,484 76,384 51,107 25,840
1997 15,651 10,628 2,386 54,562 91,338 60,826 29,766
1998 17,254 8,634 2,503 60,293 101,124 66,790 34,576
1999 17,656 10,708 2,743 62,173 108,247 75,934 37,000
2000 18,557 17,853 3,065 69,247 122,914 77,434 40,115
2001 20,373 17,747 2,887 68,426 111,947 72,574 42,896
2002 21,780 16,567 3,138 68,891 105,947 81,469 46,474
2003 21,508 19,813 3,008 65,272 98,684 76,492 46,306
2004 21,399 24,782 3,172 73,511 104,091 77,368 47,719
2005 22,041 33,660 3,133 78,547 110,931 78,381 49,484
2006 23,467 34,741 3,084 84,163 114,728 79,846 52,010
2007 25,530 37,299 2,990 85,352 116,583 79,956 54,784
2008 28,511 53,173 2,856 92,088 122,642 71,958 57,608
2009 29,348 33,951 2,385 75,068 107,897 55,321 57,518
2010 29,579 40,549 2,648 86,926 113,878 68,713 57,770
Note(s):
The figures reflect balance of payment adjustments to the customs totals to make them consistent with the definitions used in the system of national accounts. For more information, please refer to Canada's Balance of International Payments (Catalogue no. 67-001-XIE).
Source(s):
Canadian International Merchandise Trade (Catalogue no. 65-001-XIB), Client services (613-951-9647), (1-800-294-5583). CANSIM tables: 228-0001, 228-0043 and 228-0041.