Table 7
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars

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Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars
Table summary
This table displays merchandise imports 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 imports 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 43,075 42,957 -118 -0.3 280,961 300,442 19,481 6.9 6.8
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 1,256 1,258 3 0.2 7,683 8,729 1,046 13.6 12.2
Farm and fishing products 933 937 4 0.4 5,791 6,586 795 13.7 12.1
Live animals 16 18 2 11.5 119 121 2 1.3 8.0
Wheat 3 2 0 -3.8 12 15 3 28.0 92.3
Canola 8 7 -1 -12.7 75 75 0 0.7 -34.9
Fruits, nuts and vegetables 639 632 -8 -1.2 4,032 4,435 403 10.0 5.1
Other crop products 155 165 10 6.2 967 1,112 145 15.0 35.8
Other animal products 72 84 12 17.3 271 498 226 83.4 137.9
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products 41 30 -11 -27.3 315 331 16 5.2 -41.6
Food and tobacco intermediate products 322 321 -1 -0.3 1,892 2,143 250 13.2 12.4
Energy products 3,474 3,499 25 0.7 25,640 25,850 210 0.8 10.4
Crude oil and crude bitumen 1,895 1,894 -1 -0.1 15,250 13,531 -1,719 -11.3 3.9
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products 502 460 -42 -8.4 3,036 4,084 1,048 34.5 -11.7
Natural gas 363 334 -29 -8.0 2,272 3,222 950 41.8 -20.0
Natural gas liquids and related products 139 125 -14 -9.8 764 862 98 12.8 21.8
Refined petroleum energy products 973 1,035 62 6.4 6,571 7,181 611 9.3 45.1
Electricity 26 26 0 0.0 202 462 260 128.8 -12.7
Other energy products 78 84 6 8.4 580 590 10 1.7 4.5
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 754 781 27 3.6 6,953 5,998 -955 -13.7 -21.9
Metal ores and concentrates 674 699 25 3.7 6,497 5,443 -1,054 -16.2 -25.0
Iron ores and concentrates 98 84 -15 -15.0 558 549 -9 -1.6 63.3
Copper ores and concentrates 21 32 11 52.2 210 190 -20 -9.3 -16.0
Nickel ores and concentrates 78 15 -64 -81.1 464 385 -80 -17.2 -81.5
Radioactive ores and concentrates 34 22 -12 -35.8 623 263 -360 -57.7 -51.3
Other metal ores and concentrates 442 547 104 23.6 4,642 4,056 -586 -12.6 -23.8
Non-metallic minerals 80 82 2 2.6 456 554 99 21.7 21.0
Potash 1 1 0 33.3 5 6 1 19.6 166.7
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals 44 53 9 19.4 274 342 68 24.8 37.4
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals 35 29 -7 -18.8 177 207 30 16.9 -2.1
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 3,692 3,531 -162 -4.4 23,606 25,583 1,977 8.4 5.2
Intermediate metal products 2,275 2,123 -152 -6.7 14,396 15,775 1,379 9.6 5.4
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products 1,080 1,110 30 2.8 6,548 7,429 881 13.5 19.2
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products 209 211 2 0.8 1,359 1,472 113 8.3 6.5
Unwrought copper and copper alloys 98 39 -59 -59.9 269 410 142 52.6 -7.1
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys 44 34 -10 -21.6 57 263 206 361.4 684.1
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys 684 576 -108 -15.8 4,824 4,916 92 1.9 -11.8
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals 24 22 -2 -7.4 143 187 44 30.7 33.1
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) 136 130 -6 -4.3 1,197 1,097 -100 -8.3 -22.9
Imports 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
Fabricated metal products 718 718 0 0.0 4,593 4,986 393 8.6 4.9
Non-metallic mineral products 485 478 -7 -1.4 3,090 3,343 254 8.2 4.3
Recyclable waste and scrap 214 212 -3 -1.3 1,527 1,479 -48 -3.2 6.2
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,804 3,791 -13 -0.3 23,268 26,020 2,752 11.8 3.8
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products 2,322 2,312 -10 -0.4 13,890 15,736 1,846 13.3 1.7
Basic chemicals 826 782 -44 -5.3 5,133 5,448 315 6.1 3.7
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals 117 132 15 13.0 822 870 48 5.9 28.6
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products 792 858 66 8.4 3,917 5,111 1,194 30.5 2.6
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products 588 539 -48 -8.3 4,019 4,307 288 7.2 -7.2
Plastic and rubber products 1,482 1,479 -3 -0.2 9,377 10,284 907 9.7 7.4
Plastic resins 598 606 8 1.4 3,716 4,170 454 12.2 9.8
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) 381 386 5 1.4 2,458 2,662 204 8.3 7.2
Plastic and rubber finished products 503 486 -16 -3.2 3,204 3,453 249 7.8 4.7
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 1,901 1,868 -32 -1.7 12,129 13,086 958 7.9 7.3
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products 28 28 0 -1.1 182 197 16 8.6 3.8
Pulp and paper stock 236 234 -2 -1.0 1,534 1,634 100 6.5 6.2
Building and packaging materials 1,637 1,607 -30 -1.8 10,413 11,255 842 8.1 7.5
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products 246 245 -1 -0.3 1,573 1,678 106 6.7 8.0
Asphalt and asphalt products 47 45 -2 -4.7 335 338 2 0.7 -9.3
Other building materials and supplies 998 967 -31 -3.1 6,262 6,683 421 6.7 8.8
Prefabricated buildings and components 43 47 4 9.8 318 381 63 19.8 9.3
Packaging materials and containers 303 303 0 -0.1 1,924 2,174 250 13.0 5.8
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,129 4,188 59 1.4 26,184 29,137 2,953 11.3 11.0
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,129 4,188 59 1.4 26,184 29,137 2,953 11.3 11.0
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 337 321 -16 -4.9 2,294 2,285 -8 -0.4 7.4
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment 510 521 11 2.1 3,711 3,700 -11 -0.3 -5.1
Metalworking machinery 92 88 -5 -5.3 605 606 1 0.2 16.2
Commercial and service industry machinery 230 223 -7 -2.9 1,350 1,540 190 14.1 17.5
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified 438 452 14 3.1 2,842 3,069 227 8.0 8.1
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment 255 249 -6 -2.3 1,672 1,792 120 7.2 0.2
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 1,374 1,472 98 7.1 7,949 9,900 1,950 24.5 26.9
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment 893 864 -29 -3.2 5,761 6,245 484 8.4 3.5
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 4,715 4,669 -47 -1.0 32,779 33,631 852 2.6 -0.6
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 854 873 19 2.3 5,846 6,235 390 6.7 3.0
Imports 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
Communications and audio and video equipment 1,450 1,437 -13 -0.9 10,499 10,394 -105 -1.0 1.4
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts 2,411 2,358 -53 -2.2 16,434 17,001 567 3.5 -3.0
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment 908 878 -30 -3.3 5,948 6,249 302 5.1 0.6
Electrical components 832 837 4 0.5 5,231 5,839 608 11.6 5.4
Electronic and electrical parts 670 643 -27 -4.1 5,255 4,913 -342 -6.5 -15.9
Motor vehicles and parts 7,599 7,804 205 2.7 48,856 51,813 2,958 6.1 10.6
Passenger cars and light trucks 3,496 3,456 -40 -1.1 20,911 22,873 1,962 9.4 19.4
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles 836 874 39 4.6 5,841 5,761 -80 -1.4 2.9
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 3,268 3,474 206 6.3 22,104 23,179 1,075 4.9 5.0
Tires 313 300 -13 -4.2 2,076 2,143 67 3.2 2.3
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 2,955 3,174 219 7.4 20,028 21,036 1,008 5.0 5.2
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,536 1,353 -183 -11.9 8,153 9,476 1,323 16.2 22.8
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts 1,133 1,042 -91 -8.0 5,720 7,030 1,309 22.9 42.4
Aircraft 376 355 -21 -5.5 1,056 1,904 848 80.4 513.5
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts 757 687 -70 -9.2 4,665 5,126 461 9.9 2.0
Other transportation equipment and parts 402 310 -92 -22.9 2,432 2,446 13 0.6 -16.2
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 135 43 -92 -68.1 659 508 -151 -22.9 -62.7
Boats and other personal transportation equipment 178 176 -2 -1.0 1,177 1,274 97 8.2 14.0
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment 89 91 2 2.0 597 664 68 11.4 -8.9
Consumer goods 8,772 8,606 -166 -1.9 56,189 60,987 4,798 8.5 5.5
Food, beverage and tobacco products 2,197 2,188 -9 -0.4 13,888 15,178 1,289 9.3 8.5
Meat products 337 328 -10 -2.9 2,139 2,229 90 4.2 4.4
Prepared and packaged seafood products 200 198 -2 -0.8 1,260 1,393 132 10.5 6.5
Dairy products 95 94 -1 -0.9 539 645 106 19.7 18.1
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice 68 71 3 4.5 454 504 50 11.0 9.0
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit 93 88 -5 -5.4 603 638 35 5.8 2.8
Coffee and tea 95 95 0 0.5 631 668 37 5.9 -0.4
Other food products 815 818 4 0.4 5,003 5,717 714 14.3 10.0
Alcoholic beverages 330 339 10 2.9 2,192 2,265 72 3.3 16.6
Tobacco products 80 73 -7 -8.8 526 520 -6 -1.1 -4.0
Animal feed 84 83 -2 -1.9 541 599 58 10.6 3.6
Imports 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
Clothing, footwear and textile products 1,648 1,579 -69 -4.2 10,464 11,588 1,124 10.7 2.0
Clothing, footwear and accessories 1,240 1,186 -54 -4.4 7,849 8,756 908 11.6 1.7
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs 166 162 -4 -2.4 1,055 1,153 98 9.3 3.9
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products 242 232 -10 -4.3 1,561 1,678 117 7.5 2.4
Paper and published products 726 704 -23 -3.2 5,017 5,077 61 1.2 -2.1
Converted paper and paper products 373 365 -8 -2.2 2,424 2,629 206 8.5 2.6
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media 353 338 -15 -4.2 2,593 2,448 -145 -5.6 -6.7
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products 1,261 1,272 11 0.9 7,810 8,628 818 10.5 15.7
Furniture and fixtures 549 534 -15 -2.7 3,457 3,779 322 9.3 5.2
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies 2,390 2,329 -62 -2.6 15,553 16,736 1,183 7.6 2.7
Appliances 334 330 -3 -1.0 2,133 2,379 246 11.5 5.0
Cleaning products and toiletries 438 422 -16 -3.7 2,893 3,065 172 5.9 -0.6
Miscellaneous goods and supplies 1,619 1,576 -42 -2.6 10,527 11,293 766 7.3 3.1
Special transactions trade 582 746 164 28.1 3,682 4,122 440 12.0 31.9
Other balance of payments adjustments 862 863 1 0.1 5,842 6,010 169 2.9 3.1
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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