Table 4
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars

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Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars
Table summary
This table displays merchandise exports by commodity groupings, on a balance of payments basis, by seasonal adjustment, current dollars. The row headers identify commodity groupings. The column headers provide information on exports by month, year to date, and change, in millions of dollars, and also change, in percent.
  June 2014 July 2014 Change Year to date July 2014 / July 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 44,906 45,538 632 1.4 276,303 306,675 30,372 11.0 16.2
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 2,788 2,871 83 3.0 16,270 18,389 2,118 13.0 24.8
Farm and fishing products 2,232 2,382 150 6.7 12,836 14,873 2,036 15.9 29.9
Live animals 194 205 11 5.6 1,085 1,395 310 28.6 36.8
Wheat 683 865 182 26.6 3,850 4,722 872 22.6 58.2
Canola 530 452 -78 -14.7 2,476 3,043 568 22.9 51.4
Fruits, nuts and vegetables 170 178 8 4.9 1,045 1,220 175 16.7 -2.2
Other crop products 488 496 8 1.6 2,921 3,198 277 9.5 14.1
Other animal products 43 62 18 42.5 692 470 -222 -32.1 -44.3
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products 123 124 1 1.1 768 826 57 7.4 12.3
Food and tobacco intermediate products 556 489 -67 -12.1 3,434 3,516 82 2.4 4.6
Energy products 11,555 11,309 -246 -2.1 63,724 79,623 15,899 25.0 21.5
Crude oil and crude bitumen 8,586 8,450 -136 -1.6 45,062 56,646 11,585 25.7 22.1
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products 1,356 1,292 -64 -4.7 7,364 11,931 4,568 62.0 36.6
Natural gas 1,167 1,093 -74 -6.3 6,321 10,479 4,158 65.8 39.3
Natural gas liquids and related products 189 198 10 5.1 1,043 1,452 409 39.3 23.6
Refined petroleum energy products 1,130 1,136 6 0.5 7,310 7,188 -122 -1.7 18.6
Electricity 209 194 -15 -7.3 1,372 1,800 428 31.2 2.0
Other energy products 274 238 -36 -13.3 2,616 2,057 -559 -21.4 -19.3
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 1,597 1,556 -40 -2.5 10,370 10,713 343 3.3 14.8
Metal ores and concentrates 860 828 -32 -3.7 5,170 5,954 783 15.2 22.9
Iron ores and concentrates 340 405 64 19.0 2,434 2,681 247 10.1 30.3
Copper ores and concentrates 386 289 -98 -25.3 1,613 1,995 382 23.7 15.2
Nickel ores and concentrates 40 0 -40 0.0 0 40 40 ... ...
Radioactive ores and concentrates 12 36 24 204.2 397 521 123 31.0 -41.4
Other metal ores and concentrates 81 99 17 21.1 726 717 -8 -1.1 93.0
Non-metallic minerals 737 729 -8 -1.1 5,200 4,759 -441 -8.5 6.7
Potash 418 422 4 0.9 3,552 2,660 -892 -25.1 -13.4
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals 27 27 0 -1.8 184 197 13 7.2 6.4
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals 291 280 -12 -3.9 1,464 1,902 438 29.9 64.4
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 4,785 4,848 63 1.3 32,140 31,573 -567 -1.8 17.9
Intermediate metal products 3,822 3,837 15 0.4 26,000 24,852 -1,148 -4.4 18.8
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products 665 676 10 1.6 4,091 4,650 559 13.7 29.4
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products 685 633 -52 -7.6 4,246 4,302 56 1.3 5.3
Unwrought copper and copper alloys 109 163 54 49.5 926 1,036 110 11.8 33.4
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys 505 449 -56 -11.1 2,549 2,624 76 3.0 34.9
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  June 2014 July 2014 Change Year to date July 2014 / July 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys 1,495 1,550 56 3.7 11,864 9,764 -2,100 -17.7 19.8
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals 194 186 -7 -3.7 1,194 1,259 65 5.5 1.3
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) 169 179 10 6.0 1,131 1,216 86 7.6 3.0
Fabricated metal products 340 340 0 0.1 2,209 2,380 170 7.7 5.7
Non-metallic mineral products 162 166 4 2.2 1,008 1,120 111 11.0 12.8
Recyclable waste and scrap 461 505 44 9.5 2,923 3,222 300 10.2 21.9
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 2,977 2,895 -82 -2.8 20,411 20,339 -72 -0.4 1.2
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products 1,812 1,737 -74 -4.1 12,848 12,155 -693 -5.4 0.3
Basic chemicals 634 575 -60 -9.4 4,560 4,249 -311 -6.8 -14.0
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals 313 341 28 9.1 2,248 2,330 82 3.6 10.1
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products 535 483 -52 -9.8 3,714 3,354 -360 -9.7 15.3
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products 329 339 10 3.0 2,326 2,222 -104 -4.5 1.3
Plastic and rubber products 1,165 1,157 -8 -0.7 7,563 8,184 621 8.2 2.6
Plastic resins 630 628 -2 -0.3 3,903 4,465 562 14.4 5.2
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) 285 270 -14 -5.0 1,988 1,970 -17 -0.9 -4.8
Plastic and rubber finished products 251 259 8 3.4 1,672 1,748 77 4.6 4.6
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 2,998 3,105 107 3.6 19,315 21,148 1,833 9.5 9.8
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products 77 66 -11 -14.5 487 530 43 8.8 -19.2
Pulp and paper stock 1,061 1,142 80 7.6 7,014 7,728 714 10.2 8.3
Building and packaging materials 1,860 1,898 37 2.0 11,813 12,890 1,077 9.1 12.1
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products 1,073 1,075 2 0.1 6,676 7,230 554 8.3 13.8
Asphalt and asphalt products 101 112 10 10.4 755 751 -5 -0.6 -2.0
Other building materials and supplies 444 470 26 5.8 2,812 3,190 378 13.5 15.4
Prefabricated buildings and components 14 16 2 12.0 125 126 2 1.2 -14.5
Packaging materials and containers 228 226 -2 -0.9 1,445 1,593 148 10.2 8.1
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 2,422 2,440 18 0.7 15,357 16,756 1,398 9.1 10.4
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 2,422 2,440 18 0.7 15,357 16,756 1,398 9.1 10.4
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 118 110 -8 -7.1 766 799 34 4.4 3.4
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment 122 132 10 7.8 799 857 58 7.2 22.7
Metalworking machinery 25 28 3 10.3 156 173 17 10.8 24.6
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  June 2014 July 2014 Change Year to date July 2014 / July 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Commercial and service industry machinery 259 222 -37 -14.2 1,476 1,641 165 11.2 7.2
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified 309 315 6 1.9 2,118 2,150 31 1.5 4.8
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment 131 133 2 1.7 751 905 154 20.5 13.0
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 711 760 49 6.9 4,450 5,008 558 12.5 15.3
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment 747 741 -6 -0.9 4,840 5,222 382 7.9 7.4
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 1,922 2,056 133 6.9 13,272 13,791 519 3.9 7.6
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 151 182 31 20.4 1,160 1,214 54 4.6 13.6
Communications and audio and video equipment 466 523 57 12.2 3,360 3,381 22 0.6 14.8
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts 1,305 1,350 46 3.5 8,752 9,196 444 5.1 4.3
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment 435 448 13 2.9 2,884 3,080 196 6.8 8.6
Electrical components 367 390 23 6.2 2,319 2,569 250 10.8 17.0
Electronic and electrical parts 503 513 10 2.0 3,549 3,546 -2 -0.1 -6.7
Motor vehicles and parts 6,255 6,860 605 9.7 39,180 42,771 3,590 9.2 18.2
Passenger cars and light trucks 4,171 4,596 425 10.2 26,805 28,476 1,672 6.2 15.4
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles 225 257 32 14.0 1,377 1,704 327 23.7 22.0
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 1,859 2,008 148 8.0 10,998 12,590 1,592 14.5 24.6
Tires 186 184 -1 -0.7 1,314 1,304 -10 -0.8 -3.3
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 1,674 1,823 150 8.9 9,684 11,286 1,602 16.5 28.4
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,683 1,687 4 0.3 10,183 11,454 1,271 12.5 30.4
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts 1,468 1,477 9 0.6 8,767 9,905 1,138 13.0 33.6
Aircraft 712 717 5 0.7 4,250 4,588 338 7.9 54.8
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts 756 760 4 0.5 4,517 5,317 800 17.7 18.3
Other transportation equipment and parts 214 210 -4 -2.1 1,416 1,549 133 9.4 11.6
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 36 28 -8 -21.9 310 259 -51 -16.6 -8.5
Boats and other personal transportation equipment 152 153 1 0.7 957 1,106 149 15.6 16.5
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment 27 29 2 9.0 149 184 35 23.6 11.1
Consumer goods 4,975 4,946 -29 -0.6 30,013 33,514 3,501 11.7 14.2
Food, beverage and tobacco products 2,257 2,200 -58 -2.6 13,276 14,668 1,392 10.5 15.4
Meat products 602 595 -7 -1.1 3,240 3,966 726 22.4 26.3
Prepared and packaged seafood products 358 324 -35 -9.7 1,915 2,116 201 10.5 13.2
Dairy products 23 26 4 16.4 144 189 45 31.4 33.5
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  June 2014 July 2014 Change Year to date July 2014 / July 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice 9 9 0 -2.1 105 75 -30 -28.5 -30.8
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit 32 32 0 -1.2 260 229 -31 -12.0 -16.5
Coffee and tea 44 41 -3 -7.0 298 311 13 4.3 -9.1
Other food products 1,010 1,007 -2 -0.2 6,151 6,583 433 7.0 15.5
Alcoholic beverages 88 81 -8 -8.5 603 590 -14 -2.3 -3.1
Tobacco products 11 11 0 3.7 65 66 1 1.5 27.6
Animal feed 80 74 -7 -8.5 494 542 48 9.8 6.8
Clothing, footwear and textile products 380 404 24 6.4 2,434 2,646 212 8.7 16.0
Clothing, footwear and accessories 203 219 16 8.1 1,216 1,401 186 15.3 22.9
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs 104 107 4 3.4 713 730 17 2.4 8.5
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products 73 78 4 5.9 506 515 10 1.9 9.3
Paper and published products 371 374 4 0.9 2,309 2,578 269 11.6 7.3
Converted paper and paper products 293 295 2 0.6 1,795 2,024 229 12.8 14.0
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media 78 80 2 2.1 514 554 40 7.7 -11.8
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products 708 668 -40 -5.6 3,463 4,770 1,307 37.7 35.6
Furniture and fixtures 381 403 22 5.9 2,467 2,753 286 11.6 11.8
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies 879 897 18 2.1 6,064 6,099 35 0.6 2.3
Appliances 50 42 -7 -14.9 348 326 -22 -6.2 -16.2
Cleaning products and toiletries 230 209 -21 -9.2 1,420 1,583 163 11.5 3.9
Miscellaneous goods and supplies 599 646 47 7.8 4,297 4,190 -107 -2.5 3.3
Special transactions trade 181 184 4 2.0 1,396 1,340 -56 -4.0 -11.2
Other balance of payments adjustments 767 780 13 1.6 4,671 5,264 593 12.7 19.0
Source(s):
Statistics Canada. Table 228-0059 - Merchandise imports and exports, customs and balance of payments basis for all countries, by seasonal adjustment and North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), monthly (dollars), CANSIM (database).
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