Table 4
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars

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Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars
Table summary
This table displays merchandise exports 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 exports by month, year to date, and change, in millions of dollars, and also change, in percent.
  May  2016 June  2016 Change Year to date June 2016 / June 2015
2015 2016 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total of all merchandise 41,152 41,387 235 0.6 258,912 254,248 -4,664 -1.8 -7.6
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products 2,529 2,585 56 2.2 15,792 15,796 4 0.0 -5.7
Farm and fishing products 1,995 2,043 48 2.4 12,820 12,577 -243 -1.9 -5.4
Live animals 190 187 -3 -1.7 1,288 1,143 -145 -11.3 -15.1
Wheat 434 430 -4 -0.9 4,009 3,024 -985 -24.6 -36.5
Canola 460 506 47 10.1 2,259 2,830 571 25.3 18.7
Fruits, nuts and vegetables 225 224 -2 -0.8 1,121 1,394 273 24.4 8.4
Other crop products 405 436 31 7.7 2,674 2,670 -4 -0.1 11.2
Other animal products 89 69 -20 -22.3 469 394 -75 -16.0 367.6
Fish, shellfish and other fishery products 192 191 -1 -0.4 1,000 1,122 121 12.1 -14.0
Food and tobacco intermediate products 534 542 8 1.5 2,972 3,219 247 8.3 -7.1
Energy products 5,339 5,724 385 7.2 45,068 31,064 -14,004 -31.1 -27.2
Crude oil and crude bitumen 3,800 4,059 259 6.8 29,924 21,344 -8,580 -28.7 -26.5
Natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products 656 772 116 17.7 6,288 4,100 -2,188 -34.8 -11.0
Natural gas 553 664 111 20.1 5,481 3,484 -1,997 -36.4 -9.4
Natural gas liquids and related products 102 107 5 5.0 806 616 -191 -23.6 -19.6
Refined petroleum energy products 510 500 -10 -1.9 5,736 3,244 -2,492 -43.4 -49.6
Electricity 202 214 13 6.4 1,610 1,276 -334 -20.7 -14.8
Other energy products 172 179 7 4.2 1,511 1,100 -411 -27.2 -22.1
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals 1,207 1,193 -14 -1.2 9,495 7,930 -1,565 -16.5 -25.9
Metal ores and concentrates 691 714 23 3.4 4,514 4,307 -207 -4.6 -13.3
Iron ores and concentrates 309 294 -14 -4.7 1,754 1,801 47 2.7 0.3
Copper ores and concentrates 320 280 -40 -12.3 1,924 1,865 -59 -3.1 -20.2
Nickel ores and concentrates 0 14 14 100.0 87 39 -48 -54.9 -72.3
Radioactive ores and concentrates 27 81 54 196.4 226 318 91 40.3 70.6
Other metal ores and concentrates 35 44 9 26.6 522 285 -238 -45.5 -45.0
Non-metallic minerals 516 479 -37 -7.2 4,981 3,623 -1,358 -27.3 -39.2
Potash 276 260 -16 -5.8 3,133 2,078 -1,056 -33.7 -49.4
Stone, sand, gravel, clay, and refractory minerals 32 30 -3 -8.1 193 190 -2 -1.2 -13.7
Diamonds and other non-metallic minerals 208 189 -19 -9.0 1,655 1,355 -300 -18.1 -20.9
Metal and non-metallic mineral products 4,548 4,235 -313 -6.9 29,481 27,622 -1,859 -6.3 -16.4
Intermediate metal products 3,530 3,236 -294 -8.3 23,439 21,571 -1,867 -8.0 -19.5
Unwrought iron, steel and ferro-alloys, and basic and semi-finished ferrous metal products 604 607 2 0.4 4,272 3,683 -589 -13.8 -11.1
Unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum and aluminum-alloy products 670 628 -41 -6.2 4,074 3,934 -140 -3.4 -6.2
Unwrought copper and copper alloys 135 124 -11 -8.2 929 754 -174 -18.8 -26.3
Unwrought nickel and nickel alloys 310 256 -54 -17.5 2,492 1,734 -758 -30.4 -37.4
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  May  2016 June  2016 Change Year to date June 2016 / June 2015
2015 2016 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Unwrought precious metals and precious metal alloys 1,489 1,296 -194 -13.0 9,391 9,445 54 0.6 -23.2
Other unwrought non-ferrous metals 187 185 -2 -1.3 1,254 1,133 -121 -9.6 -14.5
Basic and semi-finished non-ferrous metal products (except aluminum) 134 141 7 4.9 1,025 887 -138 -13.5 -24.4
Fabricated metal products 391 393 2 0.5 2,408 2,409 1 0.0 -4.8
Non-metallic mineral products 192 191 -1 -0.6 1,090 1,190 99 9.1 -2.7
Recyclable waste and scrap 434 414 -20 -4.6 2,543 2,452 -91 -3.6 -4.7
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products 2,692 2,833 141 5.2 17,894 17,071 -823 -4.6 -8.2
Basic chemicals and industrial chemical products 1,443 1,522 78 5.4 10,052 9,233 -819 -8.1 -13.5
Basic chemicals 582 614 32 5.5 3,900 3,643 -258 -6.6 -10.7
Dyes and pigments, petrochemicals 144 183 38 26.4 1,429 1,171 -258 -18.0 -16.8
Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products 341 338 -3 -0.8 2,548 2,153 -395 -15.5 -24.8
Fertilizer, pesticide and other chemical products 376 387 11 2.9 2,174 2,266 92 4.2 -3.6
Plastic and rubber products 1,249 1,311 62 5.0 7,842 7,838 -4 -0.1 -1.3
Plastic resins 621 679 58 9.3 4,130 3,947 -183 -4.4 1.7
Plastic and rubber basic products (except plastic resins) 331 329 -2 -0.8 1,958 2,040 82 4.2 -7.0
Plastic and rubber finished products 296 303 7 2.3 1,754 1,850 96 5.5 -1.3
Forestry products and building and packaging materials 3,310 3,312 2 0.1 19,572 20,307 735 3.8 -1.6
Logs, pulpwood, and other forestry products 73 74 2 2.6 402 403 1 0.3 4.3
Pulp and paper stock 991 1,010 18 1.9 6,830 6,241 -589 -8.6 -14.6
Building and packaging materials 2,246 2,228 -18 -0.8 12,341 13,663 1,322 10.7 5.5
Lumber and other sawmill and millwork products 1,274 1,275 0 0.0 6,701 7,743 1,042 15.5 14.2
Asphalt and asphalt products 91 95 4 4.6 653 536 -117 -18.0 -24.1
Other building materials and supplies 576 560 -16 -2.8 3,288 3,540 251 7.6 -1.1
Prefabricated buildings and components 22 20 -2 -7.3 114 132 18 16.0 14.0
Packaging materials and containers 282 277 -5 -1.8 1,585 1,713 128 8.1 -3.3
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 2,628 2,612 -16 -0.6 16,011 16,215 204 1.3 -3.0
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts 2,628 2,612 -16 -0.6 16,011 16,215 204 1.3 -3.0
Agricultural, lawn and garden machinery and equipment 101 94 -7 -6.9 614 604 -10 -1.6 -10.2
Logging, mining and construction machinery and equipment 140 135 -5 -3.6 870 900 30 3.5 -7.5
Metalworking machinery 30 32 2 4.9 158 153 -5 -3.2 2.2
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  May  2016 June  2016 Change Year to date June 2016 / June 2015
2015 2016 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Commercial and service industry machinery 262 243 -19 -7.3 1,508 1,685 178 11.8 11.4
Other industry-specific machinery, not elsewhere classified 364 366 2 0.5 2,044 2,268 223 10.9 7.7
Heating, cooling and air purification equipment 153 158 5 3.3 940 919 -21 -2.3 7.6
Other general-purpose machinery and equipment, not elsewhere classified 781 770 -11 -1.4 5,147 4,779 -368 -7.1 -15.6
Miscellaneous parts of machinery and equipment 797 815 18 2.3 4,731 4,908 177 3.7 2.4
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts 2,279 2,310 31 1.4 13,623 14,131 508 3.7 1.9
Computers and computer peripheral equipment 194 181 -12 -6.3 1,172 1,185 13 1.1 -6.3
Communications and audio and video equipment 562 602 40 7.1 3,518 3,488 -30 -0.8 6.1
Other electronic and electrical machinery, equipment and parts 1,523 1,526 4 0.2 8,932 9,457 525 5.9 1.3
Other electronic and electrical machinery and equipment 535 534 -2 -0.3 3,039 3,220 181 6.0 6.4
Electrical components 446 452 6 1.4 2,544 2,779 236 9.3 1.3
Electronic and electrical parts 541 540 -1 -0.2 3,350 3,458 108 3.2 -3.3
Motor vehicles and parts 7,761 7,639 -122 -1.6 40,208 48,836 8,628 21.5 10.8
Passenger cars and light trucks 5,350 5,228 -122 -2.3 26,078 33,762 7,684 29.5 21.2
Medium and heavy trucks, buses and other motor vehicles 348 344 -3 -0.9 1,926 2,086 160 8.3 2.1
Tires, motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 2,064 2,067 3 0.1 12,204 12,988 783 6.4 -7.9
Tires 206 196 -10 -4.9 1,155 1,199 44 3.8 -0.8
Motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle parts 1,859 1,871 12 0.7 11,050 11,789 739 6.7 -8.6
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts 1,929 1,926 -2 -0.1 12,337 11,324 -1,013 -8.2 -4.1
Aircraft, aircraft engines and aircraft parts 1,689 1,700 10 0.6 10,911 9,990 -921 -8.4 -2.8
Aircraft 756 770 14 1.9 5,733 4,206 -1,527 -26.6 -10.7
Aircraft engines and aircraft parts 933 929 -4 -0.4 5,178 5,784 606 11.7 4.9
Other transportation equipment and parts 239 227 -13 -5.3 1,425 1,333 -92 -6.5 -12.3
Ships, locomotives, railway rolling stock, and rapid transit equipment 77 96 19 24.8 600 432 -169 -28.1 -22.5
Boats and other personal transportation equipment 144 112 -33 -22.7 709 780 72 10.1 -2.7
Parts of railway rolling stock and of other transportation equipment 18 19 1 6.6 116 122 5 4.5 -5.4
Consumer goods 5,809 5,872 63 1.1 32,540 36,909 4,369 13.4 -2.5
Food, beverage and tobacco products 2,414 2,410 -4 -0.2 14,035 15,075 1,040 7.4 -4.5
Meat products 586 576 -11 -1.8 3,373 3,555 181 5.4 2.5
Prepared and packaged seafood products 396 360 -37 -9.3 1,931 2,317 386 20.0 -15.8
Dairy products 18 16 -3 -15.8 118 109 -8 -7.1 -26.2
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted - Current dollars (continued)
  May  2016 June  2016 Change Year to date June 2016 / June 2015
2015 2016 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, and other beverages, ice 16 16 0 -2.5 76 92 16 20.5 0.6
Fresh, frozen and canned fruit and vegetable juices, frozen fruit 39 41 1 3.6 238 238 -1 -0.3 -4.0
Coffee and tea 68 67 0 -0.7 315 404 89 28.3 6.0
Other food products 1,105 1,148 43 3.9 6,833 7,193 360 5.3 -3.9
Alcoholic beverages 80 88 8 9.5 565 533 -31 -5.5 -7.2
Tobacco products 11 12 1 7.0 65 71 6 9.1 7.0
Animal feed 93 87 -6 -6.4 522 564 42 8.0 -5.1
Clothing, footwear and textile products 406 407 1 0.1 2,592 2,562 -30 -1.2 -8.8
Clothing, footwear and accessories 206 218 12 5.8 1,412 1,331 -81 -5.7 -8.7
Fabric, fibre and yarn, leather and dressed furs 116 113 -3 -2.4 699 709 10 1.4 -9.3
Carpets, textile furnishings and other textile products 85 77 -9 -10.2 481 522 41 8.5 -8.3
Paper and published products 428 424 -5 -1.1 2,512 2,703 190 7.6 -4.9
Converted paper and paper products 337 329 -8 -2.4 1,952 2,096 144 7.4 -6.0
Published products and recorded and unrecorded media 91 95 4 3.9 561 606 46 8.2 -0.7
Pharmaceutical and medicinal products 964 1,071 108 11.2 4,824 6,553 1,728 35.8 1.9
Furniture and fixtures 545 538 -6 -1.2 2,834 3,294 460 16.2 6.4
Cleaning products, appliances, and miscellaneous goods and supplies 1,052 1,022 -31 -2.9 5,742 6,723 981 17.1 -2.8
Appliances 24 21 -3 -12.9 170 169 -1 -0.8 -27.8
Cleaning products and toiletries 264 261 -4 -1.4 1,504 1,615 111 7.4 -7.5
Miscellaneous goods and supplies 764 740 -24 -3.1 4,068 4,940 872 21.4 -0.1
Special transactions trade 323 324 0 0.2 1,852 1,974 122 6.6 -5.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 798 822 24 3.1 5,038 5,069 31 0.6 -3.7
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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