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

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Merchandise trade of Canada, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars
Table summary
This table displays merchandise imports and exports, on a balance of payments basis, by seasonal adjustment, current dollars. The row headers identify annual, quarterly, and monthly periods. The column headers provide information on exports, imports, and trade balance, in millions of dollars, and period to period change, in percent.
  Export Import Trade balance Period to period change
Export Import Balance
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars
2010 403,967 413,670 -9,703 10.0 10.6 -2,930
2011 456,808 456,055 753 13.1 10.2 10,456
2012 462,528 474,544 -12,016 1.3 4.1 -12,769
2013 479,364 486,651 -7,287 3.6 2.6 4,729
2012  
First quarter 118,443 119,054 -611 -2.5 0.2 -3,287
Second quarter 115,847 119,960 -4,112 -2.2 0.8 -3,502
Third quarter 112,989 118,138 -5,149 -2.5 -1.5 -1,037
Fourth quarter 115,249 117,393 -2,144 2.0 -0.6 3,005
2013  
First quarter 118,069 119,733 -1,664 2.4 2.0 480
Second quarter 119,055 121,004 -1,950 0.8 1.1 -286
Third quarter 121,022 122,450 -1,428 1.7 1.2 521
Fourth quarter 121,218 123,464 -2,246 0.2 0.8 -818
2014  
First quarter 128,554 126,750 1,805 6.1 2.7 4,050
Second quarter 132,583 130,735 1,848 3.1 3.1 44
2013  
January 38,834 39,456 -622 0.6 2.1 -605
February 39,491 40,090 -599 1.7 1.6 23
March 39,744 40,187 -443 0.6 0.2 156
April 40,002 40,775 -773 0.7 1.5 -330
May 39,205 40,360 -1,155 -2.0 -1.0 -382
June 39,847 39,869 -21 1.6 -1.2 1,134
July 39,178 40,223 -1,045 -1.7 0.9 -1,024
August 40,505 41,164 -659 3.4 2.3 386
September 41,338 41,062 276 2.1 -0.2 935
October 40,286 40,766 -480 -2.5 -0.7 -756
November 39,901 41,131 -1,230 -1.0 0.9 -750
December 41,031 41,566 -535 2.8 1.1 695
2014  
January 40,999 41,300 -301 -0.1 -0.6 234
February 43,420 42,508 911 5.9 2.9 1,212
March 44,135 42,941 1,194 1.6 1.0 283
April 42,911 43,343 -432 -2.8 0.9 -1,626
May 44,766 44,317 449 4.3 2.2 881
June 44,906 43,075 1,831 0.3 -2.8 1,382
July 45,538 42,957 2,581 1.4 -0.3 750
Source(s):
Statistics Canada. Table 228-0058 - Merchandise imports and exports, customs and balance of payments basis for all countries, by seasonal adjustment and principal trading areas, monthly (dollars), CANSIM (database).
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