Canada at a Glance, 2023
International trade

Table 27
International merchandise trade for all countries and by principal trading partners, 2022 Table summary
This table displays the results of International merchandise trade for all countries and by principal trading partners, 2022. The information is grouped by Top 5 trading partners (appearing as row headers), 2022, calculated using Exports (in thousands $), Imports (in thousands $) and Balance (in thousands $) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Top five trading partners	2022
Top five trading partners	Exports (in thousands $)	Imports (in thousands $)	Balance (in thousands $)
Total all countries	779,188,279	759,481,802	19,706,477
United States	594,888,900	473,282,848	121,606,052
China	29,258,137	69,634,959	-40,376,822
Mexico	9,887,093	24,359,193	-14,472,100
Japan	18,229,361	11,950,110	6,279,251
United Kingdom	19,910,552	9,900,149	10,010,403
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0011-01

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This table displays the results of Data table for chart 27 Contribution to the yearly change in imports, calculated using thousands of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	thousands of dollars
	Contribution to the yearly change in imports
Total imports	125,183,711
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products	4,264,239
Energy products	19,116,916
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals	3,829,862
Metal and non-metallic mineral products	6,182,155
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products	14,781,426
Forestry products and building and packaging materials	5,248,197
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts	15,593,705
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts	10,446,673
Motor vehicles and parts	19,676,536
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts	3,880,313
Consumer goods	19,680,095
Special transactions trade	917,412
Other balance of payments adjustments	1,566,183
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0163-01.

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for chart 28 Contribution to the yearly change in exports, calculated using thousands of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	thousands of dollars
	Contribution to the yearly change in exports
Total exports	142,430,602
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products	6,276,795
Energy products	78,533,794
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals	8,072,098
Metal and non-metallic mineral products	8,955,516
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products	5,829,934
Forestry products and building and packaging materials	2,061,139
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts	7,873,432
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts	4,448,289
Motor vehicles and parts	8,703,438
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts	375,506
Consumer goods	8,874,817
Special transactions trade	182,311
Other balance of payments adjustments	2,243,531
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0163-01.

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for chart 29 Billions of dollars (appearing as column headers).
	Billions of dollars
2012	-13,288,952
2013	-8,145,410
2014	4,672,634
2015	-24,635,733
2016	-25,048,208
2017	-24,499,504
2018	-21,805,558
2019	-18,798,030
2020	-40,647,279
2021	2,459,586
2022	19,706,477
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0011-01

The trade values were also affected by inflationary pressures in 2022. While export values rose 22.5% for the year, they increased only 2.4% when adjusted for prices. Something similar can be observed with Canadian imports—while import values were up 19.9% in 2022, they increased only 6.6% when adjusted for prices.
The share of energy products on total exports rose from 21.2% in 2021, to a record of 27.2% in 2022. This strong increase was supported in large part by higher energy product prices.

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