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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
2012 461,511 474,800 -13,289 1.1 4.1 -13,857
2013 479,225 487,370 -8,145 3.8 2.6 5,144
2014 528,401 524,551 3,850 10.3 7.6 11,995
2015 524,940 547,942 -23,002 -0.7 4.5 -26,852
2014  
First quarter 128,135 126,271 1,864 5.9 2.3 4,346
Second quarter 133,799 131,789 2,010 4.4 4.4 146
Third quarter 134,490 132,538 1,952 0.5 0.6 -58
Fourth quarter 131,977 133,954 -1,976 -1.9 1.1 -3,929
2015  
First quarter 128,655 135,325 -6,670 -2.5 1.0 -4,693
Second quarter 130,907 136,669 -5,762 1.8 1.0 908
Third quarter 134,034 139,337 -5,304 2.4 2.0 459
Fourth quarter 131,344 136,611 -5,266 -2.0 -2.0 37
2016  
First quarter 130,292 137,305 -7,013 -0.8 0.5 -1,747
Second quarter 124,318 135,676 -11,357 -4.6 -1.2 -4,344
Third quarter 130,336 138,888 -8,551 4.8 2.4 2,806
2015  
January 42,715 44,617 -1,902 -2.0 0.0 -872
February 42,706 44,330 -1,624 0.0 -0.6 278
March 43,235 46,378 -3,144 1.2 4.6 -1,519
April 42,954 45,413 -2,458 -0.6 -2.1 685
May 42,847 45,592 -2,746 -0.3 0.4 -288
June 45,106 45,664 -558 5.3 0.2 2,188
July 45,484 46,446 -962 0.8 1.7 -404
August 44,501 46,786 -2,285 -2.2 0.7 -1,323
September 44,049 46,105 -2,056 -1.0 -1.5 229
October 43,037 45,304 -2,267 -2.3 -1.7 -211
November 43,376 45,457 -2,081 0.8 0.3 186
December 44,931 45,850 -918 3.6 0.9 1,163
2016  
January 45,662 46,706 -1,044 1.6 1.9 -125
February 43,116 45,759 -2,643 -5.6 -2.0 -1,599
March 41,514 44,840 -3,326 -3.7 -2.0 -683
April 41,561 45,211 -3,651 0.1 0.8 -324
May 41,337 45,062 -3,726 -0.5 -0.3 -75
June 41,421 45,402 -3,981 0.2 0.8 -256
July 43,172 45,370 -2,198 4.2 -0.1 1,783
August 43,701 45,807 -2,106 1.2 1.0 92
September 43,464 47,710 -4,246 -0.5 4.2 -2,140
October 43,737 44,761 -1,024 0.6 -6.2 3,222
November 45,614 45,088 526 4.3 0.7 1,551
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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