Table 4
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments
basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars
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September 2015 | October 2015 | Change | Year to date | October 2015 / October 2014 | |||||
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2014 | 2015 | Change | |||||||
millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
Total of all merchandise | 43,784 | 42,980 | -805 | -1.8 | 441,061 | 434,660 | -6,401 | -1.5 | -3.5 |
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products | 2,673 | 2,479 | -194 | -7.3 | 26,045 | 26,428 | 383 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
Farm and fishing products | 2,150 | 1,954 | -196 | -9.1 | 21,191 | 21,339 | 148 | 0.7 | 6.2 |
Live animals | 201 | 163 | -38 | -18.8 | 2,127 | 2,110 | -17 | -0.8 | -34.9 |
Wheat | 560 | 567 | 6 | 1.1 | 6,693 | 6,269 | -424 | -6.3 | -3.1 |
Canola | 481 | 319 | -161 | -33.6 | 4,491 | 4,051 | -440 | -9.8 | 5.1 |
Fruits, nuts and vegetables | 217 | 217 | 0 | 0.1 | 1,687 | 1,989 | 302 | 17.9 | 29.9 |
Other crop products | 501 | 481 | -20 | -3.9 | 4,309 | 4,607 | 298 | 6.9 | 45.0 |
Other animal products | 30 | 51 | 21 | 71.5 | 666 | 681 | 15 | 2.3 | -36.1 |
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products | 160 | 155 | -5 | -3.2 | 1,218 | 1,631 | 413 | 33.9 | 28.4 |
Food and tobacco intermediate products | 523 | 525 | 2 | 0.3 | 4,854 | 5,089 | 235 | 4.8 | 15.6 |
Energy products | 6,305 | 6,303 | -3 | 0.0 | 110,372 | 71,993 | -38,380 | -34.8 | -36.8 |
Crude oil and crude bitumen | 3,967 | 3,955 | -13 | -0.3 | 79,518 | 47,525 | -31,993 | -40.2 | -46.0 |
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products | 1,047 | 997 | -50 | -4.8 | 15,706 | 10,370 | -5,336 | -34.0 | -22.7 |
Natural gas | 924 | 885 | -38 | -4.2 | 13,739 | 9,095 | -4,644 | -33.8 | -19.6 |
Natural gas liquids and related products | 124 | 112 | -12 | -9.5 | 1,967 | 1,275 | -692 | -35.2 | -41.1 |
Refined petroleum energy products | 817 | 866 | 49 | 6.0 | 9,800 | 9,063 | -736 | -7.5 | 9.9 |
Electricity | 287 | 282 | -5 | -1.6 | 2,455 | 2,683 | 228 | 9.3 | 28.7 |
Other energy products | 188 | 203 | 15 | 8.2 | 2,894 | 2,351 | -543 | -18.8 | -40.0 |
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals | 1,624 | 1,472 | -152 | -9.4 | 15,586 | 15,719 | 133 | 0.9 | -7.7 |
Metal ores and concentrates | 767 | 664 | -103 | -13.5 | 8,650 | 7,337 | -1,312 | -15.2 | -16.3 |
Iron ores and concentrates | 278 | 287 | 10 | 3.5 | 3,610 | 2,826 | -784 | -21.7 | -7.4 |
Copper ores and concentrates | 321 | 242 | -79 | -24.5 | 3,010 | 3,148 | 137 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
Nickel ores and concentrates | 47 | 16 | -31 | -194.3 | 170 | 187 | 17 | 10.0 | -74.7 |
Radioactive ores and concentrates | 97 | 83 | -14 | -14.8 | 672 | 551 | -120 | -17.9 | 350.0 |
Other metal ores and concentrates | 24 | 35 | 11 | 44.9 | 1,188 | 625 | -563 | -47.4 | -77.6 |
Non-metallic minerals | 856 | 808 | -48 | -5.7 | 6,936 | 8,382 | 1,446 | 20.8 | 0.9 |
Potash | 577 | 554 | -23 | -4.0 | 3,950 | 5,404 | 1,454 | 36.8 | 14.2 |
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals | 36 | 34 | -1 | -3.9 | 281 | 327 | 46 | 16.3 | 20.9 |
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals | 244 | 220 | -24 | -9.9 | 2,705 | 2,651 | -54 | -2.0 | -23.7 |
Metal and non-metallic mineral products | 4,671 | 4,567 | -104 | -2.2 | 47,168 | 48,240 | 1,072 | 2.3 | -14.1 |
Intermediate metal products | 3,660 | 3,570 | -90 | -2.5 | 37,372 | 38,191 | 819 | 2.2 | -17.7 |
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products | 687 | 681 | -5 | -0.8 | 6,838 | 7,045 | 206 | 3.0 | -9.9 |
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products | 639 | 656 | 17 | 2.6 | 6,140 | 6,640 | 500 | 8.1 | -7.6 |
Unwrought copper and copper alloys | 229 | 119 | -110 | -48.0 | 1,520 | 1,537 | 17 | 1.1 | -25.3 |
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys | 359 | 388 | 29 | 8.1 | 3,837 | 3,906 | 69 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
September 2015 | October 2015 | Change | Year to date | October 2015 / October 2014 | |||||
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2014 | 2015 | Change | |||||||
millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys | 1,398 | 1,368 | -30 | -2.2 | 15,336 | 15,339 | 3 | 0.0 | -29.9 |
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals | 201 | 208 | 8 | 3.7 | 1,878 | 2,076 | 198 | 10.5 | 3.8 |
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) | 147 | 150 | 2 | 1.6 | 1,823 | 1,649 | -174 | -9.5 | -21.0 |
Fabricated metal products | 414 | 414 | 1 | 0.2 | 3,444 | 4,019 | 575 | 16.7 | 12.9 |
Non-metallic mineral products | 188 | 184 | -4 | -1.9 | 1,619 | 1,825 | 206 | 12.7 | 8.7 |
Recyclable waste and scrap | 409 | 398 | -11 | -2.7 | 4,734 | 4,206 | -528 | -11.2 | -10.5 |
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products | 2,961 | 2,794 | -166 | -5.6 | 29,702 | 29,697 | -5 | 0.0 | -5.4 |
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products | 1,625 | 1,451 | -174 | -10.7 | 17,442 | 16,431 | -1,011 | -5.8 | -11.2 |
Basic chemicals | 677 | 622 | -55 | -8.2 | 6,174 | 6,474 | 300 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals | 270 | 215 | -56 | -20.6 | 3,453 | 2,373 | -1,080 | -31.3 | -50.0 |
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products | 314 | 268 | -46 | -14.6 | 4,554 | 3,955 | -599 | -13.2 | 2.1 |
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products | 363 | 346 | -17 | -4.6 | 3,261 | 3,629 | 368 | 11.3 | -0.2 |
Plastic and rubber products | 1,336 | 1,343 | 7 | 0.5 | 12,260 | 13,266 | 1,006 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
Plastic resins | 695 | 705 | 10 | 1.4 | 6,528 | 6,969 | 441 | 6.8 | -1.3 |
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) | 341 | 341 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,162 | 3,344 | 182 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
Plastic and rubber finished products | 300 | 297 | -3 | -0.9 | 2,569 | 2,953 | 384 | 14.9 | 7.4 |
Forestry products and building and packaging materials | 3,356 | 3,271 | -85 | -2.5 | 30,521 | 32,786 | 2,265 | 7.4 | 2.7 |
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products | 51 | 50 | 0 | -0.8 | 749 | 622 | -127 | -17.0 | -28.0 |
Pulp and paper stock | 1,141 | 1,076 | -65 | -5.7 | 10,977 | 11,312 | 335 | 3.1 | -1.6 |
Building and packaging materials | 2,164 | 2,144 | -20 | -0.9 | 18,794 | 20,851 | 2,057 | 10.9 | 6.1 |
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products | 1,160 | 1,134 | -27 | -2.3 | 10,571 | 11,310 | 739 | 7.0 | -0.5 |
Asphalt and asphalt products | 96 | 104 | 8 | 8.3 | 1,126 | 1,019 | -107 | -9.5 | -14.7 |
Other building materials and supplies | 601 | 608 | 6 | 1.0 | 4,636 | 5,640 | 1,004 | 21.7 | 20.2 |
Prefabricated buildings and components | 28 | 23 | -5 | -18.4 | 176 | 198 | 22 | 12.3 | 25.6 |
Packaging materials and containers | 278 | 276 | -2 | -0.8 | 2,285 | 2,684 | 399 | 17.5 | 16.6 |
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 2,750 | 2,780 | 31 | 1.1 | 24,262 | 27,040 | 2,778 | 11.4 | 6.1 |
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts | 2,750 | 2,780 | 31 | 1.1 | 24,262 | 27,040 | 2,778 | 11.4 | 6.1 |
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 112 | 110 | -2 | -1.9 | 1,146 | 1,057 | -89 | -7.8 | -4.1 |
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment | 156 | 160 | 4 | 2.2 | 1,254 | 1,524 | 270 | 21.5 | -0.5 |
Metalworking machinery | 24 | 24 | -1 | -2.9 | 251 | 265 | 14 | 5.5 | -38.7 |
September 2015 | October 2015 | Change | Year to date | October 2015 / October 2014 | |||||
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2014 | 2015 | Change | |||||||
millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
Commercial and service industry machinery | 279 | 253 | -27 | -9.6 | 2,311 | 2,628 | 317 | 13.7 | 7.1 |
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified | 363 | 368 | 4 | 1.2 | 3,119 | 3,498 | 380 | 12.2 | 8.3 |
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment | 153 | 154 | 1 | 0.5 | 1,336 | 1,555 | 219 | 16.4 | 2.3 |
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified | 818 | 830 | 13 | 1.6 | 7,329 | 8,438 | 1,108 | 15.1 | 7.4 |
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment | 842 | 881 | 39 | 4.6 | 7,516 | 8,075 | 559 | 7.4 | 9.4 |
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts | 2,380 | 2,344 | -35 | -1.5 | 20,054 | 23,006 | 2,952 | 14.7 | 7.9 |
Computers and computer peripheral equipment | 197 | 205 | 8 | 4.1 | 1,725 | 1,989 | 264 | 15.3 | 20.6 |
Communications and audio and video equipment | 598 | 573 | -26 | -4.3 | 4,921 | 5,840 | 919 | 18.7 | 3.6 |
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts | 1,585 | 1,567 | -18 | -1.1 | 13,408 | 15,176 | 1,769 | 13.2 | 8.0 |
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment | 548 | 552 | 4 | 0.8 | 4,472 | 5,230 | 757 | 16.9 | 16.7 |
Electrical components | 466 | 464 | -2 | -0.3 | 3,729 | 4,374 | 646 | 17.3 | 15.5 |
Electronic and electrical parts | 570 | 550 | -20 | -3.6 | 5,207 | 5,572 | 366 | 7.0 | -4.3 |
Motor vehicles and parts | 7,470 | 7,436 | -33 | -0.4 | 61,511 | 70,417 | 8,906 | 14.5 | 16.3 |
Passenger cars and light trucks | 4,893 | 4,943 | 51 | 1.0 | 41,001 | 46,218 | 5,217 | 12.7 | 16.3 |
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles | 367 | 303 | -64 | -17.5 | 2,492 | 3,360 | 868 | 34.8 | 11.2 |
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts | 2,210 | 2,190 | -20 | -0.9 | 18,018 | 20,839 | 2,820 | 15.7 | 16.8 |
Tires | 193 | 185 | -7 | -3.8 | 1,839 | 1,909 | 70 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts | 2,017 | 2,005 | -12 | -0.6 | 16,180 | 18,930 | 2,750 | 17.0 | 18.4 |
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts | 2,011 | 1,955 | -56 | -2.8 | 17,716 | 20,952 | 3,237 | 18.3 | 0.8 |
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts | 1,758 | 1,702 | -56 | -3.2 | 15,461 | 18,455 | 2,994 | 19.4 | -2.7 |
Aircraft | 834 | 763 | -71 | -8.5 | 7,628 | 9,535 | 1,907 | 25.0 | -15.9 |
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts | 924 | 939 | 15 | 1.6 | 7,833 | 8,920 | 1,087 | 13.9 | 11.6 |
Other transportation equipment and parts | 253 | 253 | 0 | 0.2 | 2,255 | 2,498 | 243 | 10.8 | 32.5 |
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment | 90 | 99 | 9 | 9.9 | 536 | 946 | 410 | 76.5 | 68.9 |
Boats and other personal transportation equipment | 142 | 128 | -14 | -9.7 | 1,467 | 1,337 | -130 | -8.9 | 16.6 |
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment | 20 | 26 | 5 | 26.5 | 252 | 214 | -37 | -14.8 | 15.2 |
Consumer goods | 6,302 | 6,294 | -8 | -0.1 | 48,561 | 57,344 | 8,783 | 18.1 | 22.7 |
Food, beverage and tobacco products | 2,664 | 2,748 | 84 | 3.2 | 21,365 | 24,189 | 2,824 | 13.2 | 18.9 |
Meat products | 630 | 601 | -29 | -4.6 | 5,752 | 5,703 | -48 | -0.8 | -5.1 |
Prepared and packaged seafood products | 362 | 341 | -21 | -5.7 | 3,087 | 3,388 | 300 | 9.7 | 1.1 |
Dairy products | 18 | 24 | 7 | 39.2 | 257 | 196 | -61 | -23.7 | 15.6 |
September 2015 | October 2015 | Change | Year to date | October 2015 / October 2014 | |||||
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2014 | 2015 | Change | |||||||
millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice | 12 | 14 | 1 | 11.6 | 109 | 125 | 16 | 15.1 | 17.4 |
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit | 56 | 41 | -15 | -27.1 | 340 | 424 | 83 | 24.5 | 7.9 |
Coffee and tea | 61 | 65 | 4 | 6.1 | 450 | 555 | 105 | 23.4 | 36.9 |
Other food products | 1,338 | 1,460 | 122 | 9.1 | 9,675 | 11,880 | 2,205 | 22.8 | 40.0 |
Alcoholic beverages | 85 | 87 | 2 | 2.8 | 835 | 915 | 81 | 9.7 | 7.2 |
Tobacco products | 12 | 11 | -1 | -9.6 | 92 | 112 | 20 | 21.9 | 25.6 |
Animal feed | 90 | 103 | 14 | 15.4 | 768 | 890 | 122 | 15.9 | 16.8 |
Clothing, footwear and textile products | 433 | 443 | 10 | 2.4 | 3,803 | 4,384 | 582 | 15.3 | 12.2 |
Clothing, footwear and accessories | 233 | 246 | 14 | 5.8 | 2,006 | 2,389 | 384 | 19.1 | 18.6 |
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs | 119 | 114 | -5 | -4.0 | 1,053 | 1,180 | 126 | 12.0 | 3.5 |
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products | 81 | 83 | 1 | 1.6 | 744 | 815 | 72 | 9.6 | 7.1 |
Paper and published products | 439 | 444 | 6 | 1.3 | 3,721 | 4,237 | 516 | 13.9 | 9.5 |
Converted paper and paper products | 347 | 356 | 9 | 2.5 | 2,931 | 3,320 | 389 | 13.3 | 9.7 |
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media | 92 | 89 | -3 | -3.7 | 790 | 917 | 127 | 16.0 | 8.7 |
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products | 1,133 | 1,061 | -72 | -6.4 | 7,152 | 9,015 | 1,863 | 26.0 | 52.7 |
Furniture and fixtures | 521 | 533 | 12 | 2.3 | 3,998 | 4,923 | 926 | 23.2 | 24.7 |
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies | 1,113 | 1,065 | -48 | -4.3 | 8,522 | 10,595 | 2,073 | 24.3 | 18.9 |
Appliances | 34 | 30 | -3 | -10.1 | 388 | 304 | -84 | -21.7 | 82.0 |
Cleaning products and toiletries | 265 | 273 | 8 | 3.0 | 2,265 | 2,508 | 242 | 10.7 | 18.7 |
Miscellaneous goods and supplies | 815 | 762 | -52 | -6.4 | 5,869 | 7,784 | 1,915 | 32.6 | 17.3 |
Special transactions trade | 341 | 387 | 46 | 13.7 | 1,905 | 2,396 | 490 | 25.7 | 102.0 |
Other balance of payments adjustments | 943 | 897 | -46 | -4.9 | 7,657 | 8,642 | 985 | 12.9 | 13.0 |
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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