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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
2011 456,612 456,045 568 13.0 10.2 10,271
2012 463,135 474,287 -11,152 1.4 4.0 -11,720
2013 479,266 486,487 -7,221 3.5 2.6 3,931
2014 528,795 524,242 4,553 10.3 7.8 11,774
2012  
First quarter 118,493 118,945 -452 -2.1 -0.2 -2,308
Second quarter 115,505 119,481 -3,976 -2.5 0.5 -3,524
Third quarter 113,744 118,303 -4,559 -1.5 -1.0 -583
Fourth quarter 115,393 117,558 -2,165 1.4 -0.6 2,394
2013  
First quarter 118,401 119,928 -1,527 2.6 2.0 638
Second quarter 118,855 120,210 -1,355 0.4 0.2 172
Third quarter 120,959 122,755 -1,796 1.8 2.1 -441
Fourth quarter 121,051 123,595 -2,544 0.1 0.7 -748
2014  
First quarter 128,389 126,787 1,602 6.1 2.6 4,145
Second quarter 132,978 130,835 2,143 3.6 3.2 542
Third quarter 135,112 132,382 2,730 1.6 1.2 586
Fourth quarter 132,316 134,238 -1,922 -2.1 1.4 -4,652
2014  
January 41,372 41,310 62 1.3 -0.5 718
February 43,297 42,659 638 4.7 3.3 576
March 43,720 42,818 902 1.0 0.4 263
April 43,096 43,156 -60 -1.4 0.8 -962
May 44,888 44,462 426 4.2 3.0 486
June 44,995 43,218 1,778 0.2 -2.8 1,352
July 45,538 43,510 2,027 1.2 0.7 250
August 44,724 44,249 475 -1.8 1.7 -1,552
September 44,850 44,623 227 0.3 0.8 -248
October 44,597 45,128 -532 -0.6 1.1 -759
November 43,629 44,034 -405 -2.2 -2.4 127
December 44,090 45,076 -986 1.1 2.4 -581
2015  
January 43,345 44,820 -1,475 -1.7 -0.6 -489
February 43,521 44,505 -984 0.4 -0.7 491
Source(s):
Statistics Canada. Table 228-0069 - Merchandise imports, exports and trade balance, customs and balance of payments basis for all countries, by seasonal adjustment and principal trading partners monthly (dollars x 1,000,000), CANSIM (database).
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