Table 8
Imports by commodity section, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Constant dollars, 2007

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Imports by commodity section, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Constant dollars, 2007
Table summary
This table displays merchandise imports by commodity section, on a balance of payments basis, by seasonal adjustment, constant dollars. The row headers identify commodity sections. The column headers provide information on imports by month, and change, in millions of dollars, and also change, in percent.
  February  2015 March  2015 Change March 2015 / March 2014
  millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 38,867 39,563 696 1.8 5.1
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 959 1,026 67 6.9 2.7
Energy products 3,054 2,956 -97 -3.2 14.4
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 642 646 4 0.7 -21.2
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 3,173 3,157 -16 -0.5 2.0
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,325 3,387 62 1.8 5.0
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 1,606 1,660 54 3.4 3.7
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 3,358 3,393 34 1.0 -1.4
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 5,765 5,656 -109 -1.9 5.5
Motor vehicles and parts 7,020 7,273 253 3.6 6.4
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,295 1,174 -120 -9.3 9.0
Consumer goods 6,914 7,396 482 7.0 5.3
Special transactions trade 518 459 -59 -11.4 -9.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 1,374 1,435 61 4.4 32.8
Source(s):
Statistics Canada. Table 228-0061 - Merchandise imports and exports, balance of payments-based, seasonally adjusted, Fisher formula, by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), monthly (chained (2007) dollars), CANSIM (database).
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