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.
  September  2015 October  2015 Change Year to date October 2015 / October 2014
2014 2015 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 46,108 45,740 -368 -0.8 435,219 456,385 21,167 4.9 1.5
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 1,413 1,420 6 0.5 12,511 13,486 975 7.8 8.2
Farm and fishing products 1,146 1,141 -5 -0.4 9,583 10,686 1,103 11.5 9.8
Live animals 20 20 0 -1.0 176 211 36 20.2 6.4
Wheat 3 9 6 196.6 23 38 15 63.4 1,333.3
Canola 15 10 -5 -34.4 95 100 5 5.7 -18.9
Fruits, nuts and vegetables 763 777 13 1.7 6,334 7,223 889 14.0 16.0
Other crop products 196 185 -11 -5.8 1,709 1,964 255 14.9 -4.9
Other animal products 72 66 -6 -8.5 679 618 -61 -9.0 3.3
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products 76 74 -1 -1.6 565 530 -35 -6.2 -5.7
Food and tobacco intermediate products 268 279 12 4.3 2,928 2,800 -128 -4.4 2.0
Energy products 2,429 2,264 -166 -6.8 36,530 26,428 -10,102 -27.7 -28.2
Crude oil and crude bitumen 1,116 1,013 -103 -9.2 19,155 13,048 -6,107 -31.9 -31.1
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products 387 327 -60 -15.5 5,776 4,165 -1,611 -27.9 -47.9
Natural gas 210 272 62 29.8 4,229 2,564 -1,665 -39.4 -4.2
Natural gas liquids and related products 178 55 -123 -69.0 1,547 1,601 54 3.5 -84.0
Refined petroleum energy products 827 804 -22 -2.7 10,207 8,018 -2,189 -21.4 -14.2
Electricity 24 23 0 -1.3 564 278 -285 -50.6 -13.4
Other energy products 76 96 20 26.4 828 918 91 10.9 9.1
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 835 911 76 9.0 9,066 8,736 -330 -3.6 -9.2
Metal ores and concentrates 731 834 102 14.0 8,183 7,894 -288 -3.5 -7.6
Iron ores and concentrates 33 38 5 15.5 944 644 -301 -31.8 -70.6
Copper ores and concentrates 49 18 -30 -62.2 303 375 72 24.0 -41.6
Nickel ores and concentrates 51 76 25 49.6 596 760 163 27.4 -10.2
Radioactive ores and concentrates 28 118 90 320.2 341 390 49 14.4 510.8
Other metal ores and concentrates 571 582 12 2.1 5,999 5,726 -273 -4.6 -8.5
Non-metallic minerals 104 77 -27 -25.8 883 842 -41 -4.7 -23.8
Potash 0 1 0 40.0 8 8 0 5.1 16.7
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals 53 54 1 2.1 535 553 18 3.4 -18.0
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals 50 22 -28 -55.8 340 280 -60 -17.6 -35.5
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 3,592 3,721 130 3.6 38,044 39,224 1,179 3.1 -8.8
Intermediate metal products 2,012 2,132 119 5.9 23,662 23,532 -130 -0.5 -15.2
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products 895 902 7 0.7 11,130 9,946 -1,185 -10.6 -23.0
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products 238 237 -1 -0.4 2,163 2,459 296 13.7 2.3
Unwrought copper and copper alloys 43 94 51 119.8 594 820 227 38.2 255.8
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys 31 15 -16 -53.1 379 189 -190 -50.1 -68.7
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys 643 727 84 13.1 7,645 8,475 830 10.9 -17.8
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals 24 24 0 -0.8 256 275 19 7.5 -4.4
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) 139 133 -5 -3.8 1,495 1,368 -127 -8.5 4.6
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  September  2015 October  2015 Change Year to date October 2015 / October 2014
2014 2015 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Fabricated metal products 791 791 -1 -0.1 7,242 7,824 582 8.0 2.8
Non-metallic mineral products 564 558 -6 -1.1 4,871 5,476 606 12.4 8.6
Recyclable waste and scrap 223 240 17 7.6 2,270 2,390 121 5.3 -15.3
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 3,789 3,776 -12 -0.3 37,316 37,239 -77 -0.2 -0.7
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products 2,149 2,171 22 1.0 22,395 21,236 -1,159 -5.2 -2.7
Basic chemicals 805 878 73 9.1 8,017 8,516 499 6.2 -0.5
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals 105 108 3 2.8 1,304 1,131 -172 -13.2 -18.3
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products 603 535 -69 -11.4 7,101 5,392 -1,708 -24.1 -16.5
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products 636 651 15 2.3 5,974 6,197 223 3.7 12.8
Plastic and rubber products 1,639 1,605 -34 -2.1 14,921 16,002 1,082 7.3 2.2
Plastic resins 641 627 -14 -2.2 6,134 6,374 241 3.9 -4.4
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) 429 425 -4 -1.0 3,823 4,062 239 6.3 8.6
Plastic and rubber finished products 569 552 -16 -2.8 4,964 5,566 602 12.1 5.7
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 2,055 2,051 -4 -0.2 18,942 20,484 1,542 8.1 5.2
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products 36 37 0 1.1 286 351 65 22.6 18.1
Pulp and paper stock 278 272 -6 -2.1 2,324 2,665 340 14.6 15.8
Building and packaging materials 1,740 1,742 2 0.1 16,332 17,468 1,136 7.0 3.5
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products 256 254 -2 -0.8 2,459 2,606 147 6.0 -2.5
Asphalt and asphalt products 49 50 1 2.2 511 514 2 0.5 -4.6
Other building materials and supplies 1,047 1,047 1 0.1 9,709 10,520 811 8.3 4.4
Prefabricated buildings and components 33 32 0 -1.5 517 352 -165 -31.9 -27.6
Packaging materials and containers 356 358 2 0.6 3,136 3,477 341 10.9 11.1
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,508 4,375 -133 -3.0 42,300 44,552 2,253 5.3 -2.4
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 4,508 4,375 -133 -3.0 42,300 44,552 2,253 5.3 -2.4
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 326 300 -26 -7.9 3,309 3,034 -275 -8.3 -9.5
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment 489 457 -32 -6.5 5,253 5,071 -182 -3.5 -12.9
Metalworking machinery 102 101 -1 -0.9 879 1,022 142 16.2 7.5
Commercial and service industry machinery 250 246 -4 -1.7 2,202 2,465 263 12.0 6.5
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified 493 495 1 0.3 4,476 5,105 629 14.1 4.0
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment 318 316 -2 -0.6 2,672 2,981 309 11.6 9.9
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 1,592 1,507 -85 -5.4 14,416 15,368 951 6.6 -3.6
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment 938 953 16 1.7 9,092 9,506 414 4.6 -2.2
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 5,443 5,275 -168 -3.1 49,002 52,917 3,915 8.0 3.3
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 1,007 941 -66 -6.6 9,125 9,413 288 3.2 -6.5
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  September  2015 October  2015 Change Year to date October 2015 / October 2014
2014 2015 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Communications and audio and video equipment 1,848 1,778 -70 -3.8 15,232 17,766 2,535 16.6 12.0
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts 2,588 2,556 -32 -1.2 24,645 25,738 1,093 4.4 1.7
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment 982 985 3 0.3 8,992 9,630 639 7.1 7.8
Electrical components 886 874 -12 -1.4 8,542 8,941 399 4.7 -1.7
Electronic and electrical parts 719 697 -22 -3.0 7,112 7,167 56 0.8 -1.8
Motor vehicles and parts 8,431 8,476 46 0.5 74,502 83,219 8,717 11.7 10.3
Passenger cars and light trucks 3,720 3,650 -69 -1.9 32,667 37,103 4,436 13.6 8.9
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles 822 827 4 0.5 8,445 8,605 160 1.9 -6.8
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 3,889 3,999 111 2.8 33,390 37,511 4,121 12.3 16.0
Tires 354 338 -15 -4.4 3,153 3,432 280 8.9 2.6
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 3,535 3,661 126 3.6 30,237 34,078 3,841 12.7 17.5
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,815 1,798 -17 -0.9 14,178 17,136 2,958 20.9 4.3
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts 1,381 1,419 38 2.8 10,576 12,868 2,292 21.7 14.2
Aircraft 498 542 44 8.8 3,058 4,062 1,004 32.8 10.2
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts 883 877 -6 -0.6 7,517 8,805 1,288 17.1 16.8
Other transportation equipment and parts 434 379 -55 -12.7 3,603 4,269 666 18.5 -21.2
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 146 92 -54 -37.2 870 1,273 403 46.3 -58.3
Boats and other personal transportation equipment 192 186 -6 -3.1 1,820 1,889 69 3.8 3.9
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment 96 101 5 5.4 913 1,107 194 21.2 24.3
Consumer goods 10,254 9,915 -339 -3.3 88,081 97,584 9,503 10.8 7.0
Food, beverage and tobacco products 2,541 2,529 -11 -0.4 21,726 24,507 2,781 12.8 12.2
Meat products 371 368 -3 -0.7 3,270 3,673 403 12.3 3.8
Prepared and packaged seafood products 217 219 2 0.8 2,043 2,161 118 5.8 -2.7
Dairy products 101 97 -4 -3.7 908 927 19 2.0 11.6
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice 90 93 4 4.0 744 865 121 16.2 17.5
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit 99 103 4 4.1 910 988 79 8.7 18.8
Coffee and tea 117 107 -10 -8.5 979 1,042 63 6.4 6.2
Other food products 970 955 -15 -1.6 8,171 9,518 1,347 16.5 12.3
Alcoholic beverages 353 360 7 1.9 3,239 3,489 251 7.7 11.5
Tobacco products 127 131 4 3.2 614 893 279 45.4 114.9
Animal feed 97 97 0 0.1 848 950 102 12.0 10.8
Imports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  September  2015 October  2015 Change Year to date October 2015 / October 2014
2014 2015 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Clothing, footwear and textile products 1,974 1,918 -55 -2.8 16,745 18,875 2,130 12.7 9.1
Clothing, footwear and accessories 1,502 1,449 -53 -3.5 12,656 14,333 1,677 13.3 8.3
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs 198 200 2 0.9 1,676 1,895 219 13.1 12.8
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products 274 270 -4 -1.6 2,414 2,648 234 9.7 10.6
Paper and published products 777 774 -3 -0.3 7,232 7,598 366 5.1 9.6
Converted paper and paper products 426 437 11 2.6 3,752 4,156 404 10.8 14.6
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media 351 338 -14 -3.9 3,480 3,442 -39 -1.1 3.8
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products 1,574 1,415 -159 -10.1 12,406 13,663 1,256 10.1 12.0
Furniture and fixtures 616 590 -26 -4.3 5,452 6,020 569 10.4 2.3
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies 2,772 2,688 -84 -3.0 24,519 26,920 2,402 9.8 -0.5
Appliances 357 363 6 1.6 3,379 3,505 126 3.7 6.9
Cleaning products and toiletries 534 536 2 0.3 4,425 5,060 636 14.4 16.1
Miscellaneous goods and supplies 1,881 1,789 -92 -4.9 16,715 18,355 1,640 9.8 -5.9
Special transactions trade 667 886 220 33.0 6,048 6,598 549 9.1 39.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 878 872 -6 -0.7 8,700 8,783 84 1.0 -2.3
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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