Table 8
Imports by commodity section, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Constant dollars, 2007

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Imports by commodity section, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Constant dollars, 2007
Table summary
This table displays merchandise imports by commodity section, on a balance of payments basis, by seasonal adjustment, constant dollars. The row headers identify commodity sections. The column headers provide information on imports by month, and change, in millions of dollars, and also change, in percent.
  October  2013 November  2013 Change November 2013 / November 2012
  millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 37,850 37,755 -95 -0.2 -0.5
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 898 903 6 0.6 -2.4
Energy products 2,581 2,260 -321 -12.4 -28.7
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 689 736 46 6.7 -1.1
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 2,734 2,833 99 3.6 -6.3
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,722 3,004 -718 -19.3 -0.9
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 1,558 1,582 25 1.6 -0.6
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 3,185 3,426 241 7.6 0.2
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 5,677 5,777 100 1.8 6.2
Motor vehicles and parts 6,970 7,193 223 3.2 6.2
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,112 1,304 193 17.4 30.9
Consumer goods 7,168 7,018 -150 -2.1 0.1
Special transactions trade 544 755 211 38.9 76.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 1,193 1,222 29 2.4 -17.8
Source(s):
Statistics Canada. Table 228-0061 - Merchandise imports and exports, balance of payments-based, seasonally adjusted, Fisher formula, by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), monthly (chained (2007) dollars), CANSIM (database).
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