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.
  July  2014 August  2014 Change Year to date August 2014 / August 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 43,118 44,799 1,681 3.9 322,125 345,451 23,326 7.2 8.8
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 1,259 1,218 -41 -3.3 8,760 9,956 1,196 13.6 13.1
Farm and fishing products 942 932 -10 -1.1 6,598 7,542 943 14.3 15.3
Live animals 17 16 -1 -4.1 137 136 0 -0.4 -6.9
Wheat 2 3 1 32.0 13 18 5 41.5 175.0
Canola 7 2 -5 -74.6 84 77 -7 -8.0 -80.6
Fruits, nuts and vegetables 632 591 -40 -6.4 4,620 5,026 406 8.8 0.5
Other crop products 169 198 29 16.9 1,069 1,322 253 23.7 93.3
Other animal products 84 69 -15 -17.7 310 564 254 82.0 78.1
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products 31 52 21 68.7 365 397 32 8.8 3.6
Food and tobacco intermediate products 317 287 -31 -9.6 2,162 2,414 252 11.7 6.3
Energy products 3,518 4,251 733 20.8 29,404 30,102 697 2.4 12.9
Crude oil and crude bitumen 1,894 2,587 694 36.6 17,675 16,119 -1,556 -8.8 6.7
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products 473 555 82 17.4 3,457 4,649 1,192 34.5 32.0
Natural gas 346 341 -5 -1.5 2,587 3,573 986 38.1 8.4
Natural gas liquids and related products 126 214 87 69.1 870 1,076 206 23.7 102.5
Refined petroleum energy products 1,024 989 -35 -3.4 7,400 8,145 745 10.1 19.2
Electricity 44 44 0 0.0 228 524 296 129.6 68.1
Other energy products 84 76 -8 -9.3 644 664 20 3.2 19.6
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 802 1,069 266 33.2 7,834 7,102 -732 -9.3 21.3
Metal ores and concentrates 718 964 247 34.4 7,315 6,434 -881 -12.0 17.9
Iron ores and concentrates 87 120 33 37.4 590 689 99 16.7 264.1
Copper ores and concentrates 32 51 20 62.5 220 242 22 9.9 412.0
Nickel ores and concentrates 15 90 76 510.1 509 476 -33 -6.5 103.8
Radioactive ores and concentrates 22 13 -8 -38.8 723 277 -446 -61.7 -86.6
Other metal ores and concentrates 562 690 127 22.6 5,273 4,751 -522 -9.9 9.3
Non-metallic minerals 84 104 20 23.6 519 668 150 28.9 65.2
Potash 1 1 1 75.0 5 7 2 40.8 366.7
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals 55 61 6 11.5 312 408 97 31.0 61.5
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals 29 42 13 44.7 202 253 51 25.2 67.7
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 3,547 4,402 856 24.1 26,935 30,052 3,116 11.6 32.2
Intermediate metal products 2,129 2,943 814 38.2 16,390 18,768 2,378 14.5 47.6
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products 1,127 1,323 196 17.4 7,467 8,815 1,348 18.1 43.9
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products 212 218 6 2.7 1,560 1,693 133 8.5 8.2
Unwrought copper and copper alloys 39 131 92 232.2 342 542 200 58.7 80.3
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys 34 42 8 22.6 71 305 234 328.2 195.8
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys 562 1,084 522 92.7 5,423 5,983 559 10.3 80.8
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals 22 18 -5 -21.3 162 205 43 26.3 -6.8
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) 130 127 -3 -2.5 1,364 1,225 -140 -10.2 -24.1
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  July  2014 August  2014 Change Year to date August 2014 / August 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Fabricated metal products 723 732 9 1.3 5,266 5,726 460 8.7 8.7
Non-metallic mineral products 479 477 -3 -0.6 3,561 3,820 259 7.3 1.2
Recyclable waste and scrap 215 250 35 16.3 1,719 1,738 19 1.1 30.7
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,816 3,733 -82 -2.2 26,823 29,780 2,957 11.0 5.0
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products 2,331 2,241 -90 -3.9 16,062 18,002 1,940 12.1 3.2
Basic chemicals 791 808 17 2.1 5,882 6,266 383 6.5 7.8
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals 135 143 7 5.5 922 1,021 99 10.7 42.0
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products 858 729 -130 -15.1 4,648 5,839 1,191 25.6 -0.3
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products 547 562 15 2.7 4,610 4,877 267 5.8 -5.0
Plastic and rubber products 1,484 1,492 8 0.5 10,761 11,778 1,018 9.5 7.8
Plastic resins 609 623 13 2.2 4,261 4,798 537 12.6 14.1
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) 387 388 1 0.3 2,817 3,051 234 8.3 8.0
Plastic and rubber finished products 488 481 -6 -1.3 3,682 3,930 247 6.7 0.6
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 1,873 1,880 8 0.4 13,908 14,971 1,064 7.6 5.7
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products 28 29 1 2.1 209 227 17 8.3 3.2
Pulp and paper stock 233 229 -5 -2.0 1,753 1,860 107 6.1 4.6
Building and packaging materials 1,612 1,623 12 0.7 11,945 12,885 940 7.9 5.9
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products 246 252 5 2.2 1,798 1,933 135 7.5 11.9
Asphalt and asphalt products 46 52 6 12.9 380 394 13 3.5 16.7
Other building materials and supplies 968 961 -7 -0.7 7,195 7,643 447 6.2 3.0
Prefabricated buildings and components 47 49 2 4.2 361 430 69 19.2 14.5
Packaging materials and containers 304 309 5 1.7 2,211 2,486 275 12.4 7.9
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,223 4,121 -102 -2.4 30,064 33,264 3,200 10.6 6.2
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,223 4,121 -102 -2.4 30,064 33,264 3,200 10.6 6.2
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 321 322 1 0.4 2,625 2,608 -17 -0.6 -2.7
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment 523 516 -6 -1.2 4,249 4,219 -30 -0.7 -3.9
Metalworking machinery 87 84 -3 -3.2 705 687 -18 -2.6 -16.7
Commercial and service industry machinery 222 216 -6 -2.9 1,550 1,750 200 12.9 7.9
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified 453 435 -18 -4.1 3,253 3,500 246 7.6 5.6
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment 251 270 20 7.8 1,914 2,068 153 8.0 11.7
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 1,493 1,395 -98 -6.5 9,160 11,296 2,136 23.3 15.3
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment 873 882 10 1.1 6,608 7,137 529 8.0 4.2
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 4,724 4,851 126 2.7 37,478 38,616 1,138 3.0 3.2
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 886 915 30 3.4 6,674 7,177 503 7.5 10.4
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  July  2014 August  2014 Change Year to date August 2014 / August 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Communications and audio and video equipment 1,451 1,500 49 3.4 11,939 11,939 0 0.0 4.2
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts 2,388 2,436 48 2.0 18,865 19,500 635 3.4 0.2
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment 885 887 1 0.2 6,824 7,142 319 4.7 1.2
Electrical components 851 860 8 1.0 5,995 6,725 730 12.2 12.5
Electronic and electrical parts 651 689 38 5.8 6,046 5,633 -414 -6.8 -12.9
Motor vehicles and parts 7,800 7,241 -560 -7.2 56,066 58,917 2,850 5.1 0.4
Passenger cars and light trucks 3,438 3,226 -212 -6.2 24,008 26,032 2,024 8.4 4.2
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles 875 857 -18 -2.1 6,688 6,618 -70 -1.1 1.1
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 3,487 3,158 -329 -9.4 25,371 26,267 896 3.5 -3.3
Tires 302 324 23 7.6 2,376 2,476 100 4.2 8.2
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 3,186 2,834 -352 -11.1 22,994 23,791 796 3.5 -4.5
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,423 1,210 -213 -15.0 9,580 10,763 1,183 12.4 -15.2
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts 1,108 842 -266 -24.0 6,781 7,942 1,161 17.1 -20.6
Aircraft 360 119 -242 -67.1 1,450 2,023 573 39.5 -69.9
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts 748 724 -24 -3.2 5,330 5,919 588 11.0 8.7
Other transportation equipment and parts 315 367 52 16.6 2,799 2,821 22 0.8 0.2
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 43 99 56 129.5 729 607 -122 -16.8 40.7
Boats and other personal transportation equipment 180 176 -4 -2.2 1,361 1,457 96 7.0 -4.4
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment 91 92 1 0.7 708 757 49 6.9 -17.6
Consumer goods 8,666 9,046 380 4.4 64,345 70,141 5,797 9.0 10.9
Food, beverage and tobacco products 2,190 2,206 16 0.7 15,892 17,391 1,498 9.4 10.1
Meat products 329 338 10 2.9 2,446 2,571 125 5.1 10.1
Prepared and packaged seafood products 199 206 8 4.0 1,451 1,602 150 10.4 8.2
Dairy products 94 90 -5 -5.2 624 734 111 17.7 6.4
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice 72 77 5 7.1 514 582 68 13.2 27.6
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit 88 94 6 7.4 692 733 41 6.0 6.6
Coffee and tea 95 98 3 3.2 728 770 42 5.7 1.2
Other food products 818 821 3 0.4 5,735 6,534 798 13.9 12.0
Alcoholic beverages 340 330 -10 -3.0 2,481 2,598 117 4.7 14.4
Tobacco products 73 68 -4 -6.2 599 587 -12 -2.0 -7.3
Animal feed 82 83 0 0.6 622 680 58 9.4 2.2
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  July  2014 August  2014 Change Year to date August 2014 / August 2013
2013 2014 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Clothing, footwear and textile products 1,596 1,686 90 5.7 12,062 13,334 1,272 10.5 5.5
Clothing, footwear and accessories 1,200 1,279 80 6.6 9,051 10,090 1,040 11.5 6.4
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs 162 170 8 4.6 1,212 1,326 114 9.4 8.1
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products 234 238 3 1.5 1,800 1,919 119 6.6 -0.6
Paper and published products 708 755 47 6.7 5,759 5,845 86 1.5 1.7
Converted paper and paper products 367 373 7 1.8 2,788 3,005 217 7.8 2.4
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media 341 382 41 12.0 2,971 2,840 -130 -4.4 1.1
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products 1,283 1,256 -27 -2.1 8,860 9,893 1,033 11.7 19.6
Furniture and fixtures 536 544 8 1.5 3,974 4,318 344 8.7 5.3
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies 2,354 2,599 246 10.4 17,798 19,360 1,562 8.8 15.8
Appliances 330 321 -9 -2.7 2,459 2,697 238 9.7 -1.4
Cleaning products and toiletries 425 437 12 2.9 3,313 3,507 194 5.9 4.2
Miscellaneous goods and supplies 1,599 1,841 242 15.1 12,026 13,156 1,130 9.4 22.8
Special transactions trade 599 895 296 49.3 4,247 4,882 635 14.9 58.3
Other balance of payments adjustments 867 881 14 1.6 6,680 6,904 224 3.4 5.1
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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