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Table 1-1
Merchandise trade of Canada, balance of payments
basis, seasonally adjusted — Current dollars
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| Exports | Imports | Trade balance | Period to period change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | Imports | Balance | ||||
| millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | ||||
| 2006 | 453,952 | 404,345 | 49,606 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 463,120 | 415,683 | 47,437 | 2.0 | 2.8 | -2,169 |
| 2008 | 489,995 | 443,752 | 46,244 | 5.8 | 6.8 | -1,194 |
| 2009 | 369,529 | 374,097 | -4,568 | -24.6 | -15.7 | -50,812 |
| 2008 | ||||||
| First quarter | 117,294 | 104,743 | 12,551 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 3,321 |
| Second quarter | 127,735 | 111,640 | 16,095 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 3,544 |
| Third quarter | 129,499 | 115,116 | 14,383 | 1.4 | 3.1 | -1,712 |
| Fourth quarter | 115,468 | 112,252 | 3,215 | -10.8 | -2.5 | -11,168 |
| 2009 | ||||||
| First quarter | 95,769 | 95,366 | 403 | -17.1 | -15.0 | -2,812 |
| Second quarter | 88,008 | 90,028 | -2,019 | -8.1 | -5.6 | -2,422 |
| Third quarter | 90,377 | 93,765 | -3,388 | 2.7 | 4.2 | -1,369 |
| Fourth quarter | 95,375 | 94,939 | 436 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 3,824 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| First quarter | 99,593 | 98,463 | 1,130 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 693 |
| Second quarter | 100,458 | 102,638 | -2,180 | 0.9 | 4.2 | -3,309 |
| 2009 | ||||||
| January | 30,921 | 32,192 | -1,272 | -10.5 | -8.9 | -483 |
| February | 32,599 | 32,133 | 466 | 5.4 | -0.2 | 1,737 |
| March | 32,249 | 31,040 | 1,209 | -1.1 | -3.4 | 743 |
| April | 30,231 | 30,774 | -543 | -6.3 | -0.9 | -1,752 |
| May | 28,424 | 29,797 | -1,373 | -6.0 | -3.2 | -830 |
| June | 29,353 | 29,456 | -104 | 3.3 | -1.1 | 1,269 |
| July | 31,048 | 31,952 | -904 | 5.8 | 8.5 | -800 |
| August | 29,419 | 31,099 | -1,680 | -5.2 | -2.7 | -777 |
| September | 29,910 | 30,714 | -804 | 1.7 | -1.2 | 876 |
| October | 31,128 | 30,708 | 420 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1,224 |
| November | 31,462 | 31,616 | -154 | 1.1 | 3.0 | -573 |
| December | 32,785 | 32,615 | 170 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 324 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| January | 33,046 | 32,095 | 951 | 0.8 | -1.6 | 781 |
| February | 33,359 | 32,718 | 641 | 0.9 | 1.9 | -310 |
| March | 33,188 | 33,650 | -462 | -0.5 | 2.8 | -1,103 |
| April | 32,954 | 32,832 | 122 | -0.7 | -2.4 | 584 |
| May | 34,392 | 34,940 | -549 | 4.4 | 6.4 | -670 |
| June | 33,112 | 34,865 | -1,753 | -3.7 | -0.2 | -1,204 |
| July | 32,967 | 35,512 | -2,545 | -0.4 | 1.9 | -792 |
| August | 33,980 | 35,325 | -1,345 | 3.1 | -0.5 | 1,200 |
Note(s):
Because of rounding, monthly data may not add up to quarterly data and
quarterly data may not add up to annual data.
