Table 1-1
Merchandise trade of Canada, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted — Current dollars

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Table summary
This table displays the results of current dollars exports, imports, trade balance and period to period change, calculated using exports, imports, balance, millions of dollars, percent and millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Exports Imports Trade balance Period to period change
Exports Imports Balance
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars
2008 488,754 443,777 44,977 0.0 0.0 0
2009 369,343 374,081 -4,738 -24.4 -15.7 -49,715
2010 404,834 413,833 -8,999 9.6 10.6 -4,261
2011 458,191 455,874 2,318 Note ...: not applicable 10.2 11,316
2010  
First quarter 98,870 98,583 287 4.0 3.6 318
Second quarter 100,071 103,014 -2,942 1.2 4.5 -3,229
Third quarter 99,592 106,312 -6,720 -0.5 3.2 -3,778
Fourth quarter 106,301 105,924 377 6.7 -0.4 7,097
2011  
First quarter 110,885 109,704 1,181 4.3 3.6 804
Second quarter 110,449 113,791 -3,341 -0.4 3.7 -4,523
Third quarter 115,286 114,545 741 4.4 0.7 4,083
Fourth quarter 121,571 117,835 3,736 5.5 2.9 2,995
2012  
First quarter 120,433 117,806 2,627 -0.9 0.0 -1,109
2011  
January 38,125 36,557 1,568 2.0 3.1 -327
February 35,496 35,632 -137 -6.9 -2.5 -1,705
March 37,264 37,514 -250 5.0 5.3 -113
April 36,533 37,364 -831 -2.0 -0.4 -580
May 37,291 38,325 -1,033 2.1 2.6 -203
June 36,624 38,102 -1,478 -1.8 -0.6 -445
July 37,561 37,604 -43 2.6 -1.3 1,435
August 38,073 38,544 -471 1.4 2.5 -429
September 39,652 38,397 1,255 4.1 -0.4 1,727
October 38,895 39,404 -509 -1.9 2.6 -1,764
November 40,255 39,204 1,051 3.5 -0.5 1,559
December 42,421 39,226 3,195 5.4 0.1 2,144
2012  
January 41,308 39,305 2,003 -2.6 0.2 -1,192
February 39,636 39,363 273 -4.0 0.1 -1,730
March 39,489 39,138 352 -0.4 -0.6 79
... not applicable
Note(s):
Because of rounding, monthly data may not add up to quarterly data and quarterly data may not add up to annual data.