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Canada at a Glance 2020
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Table 25
Major goods trading partners, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Major goods trading partners Exports, Imports and Trade balance, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	millions of dollars
	Exports	Imports	Trade balance
Total	595,263	613,706	-18,443
United States	443,417	392,028	51,389
China	24,487	46,865	-22,378
Mexico	8,354	20,441	-12,087
United Kingdom	20,508	8,399	12,109
Japan	12,905	12,403	503
Germany	6,526	16,257	-9,731
South Korea	5,759	8,465	-2,707
Italy	3,326	6,946	-3,620
France	3,709	5,304	-1,595
Netherlands	5,343	6,579	-1,236
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, table 12-10-0011-01.

Chart 16 Merchandise trade balance

Data table for Chart 16

Data table for Chart 16
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 16. The information is grouped by (appearing as row headers), Billions of dollars (appearing as column headers).
	Billions of dollars
2004	64.35
2005	60.96
2006	47.46
2007	45.59
2008	43.67
2009	-6.77
2010	-9.70
2011	0.57
2012	-13.29
2013	-8.15
2014	4.67
2015	-24.64
2016	-25.05
2017	-24.14
2018	-22.13
2019	-18.44
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, table 12-10-0011-01.

Table 26
Exports and imports of merchandise, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Exports and imports of merchandise Exports, Imports and Trade balance, calculated using millions of dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	millions of dollars
	Exports	Imports	Trade balance
Total, all merchandise	595,263	613,706	-18,443
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products	37,989	21,227	19,400
Energy products	114,065	37,420	76,645
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals	20,865	14,175	6,689
Metal and non-metallic mineral products	65,296	39,576	25,721
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products	34,212	44,972	-10,760
Forestry products and building and packaging materials	42,377	26,894	15,482
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts	41,309	69,388	-28,079
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts	30,011	72,155	-42,144
Motor vehicles and parts	93,130	115,046	-21,915
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts	28,043	26,417	2,068
Consumer goods	70,705	125,424	-54,719
Special transaction trade	3,827	9,170	-4,893
Other balance of payments adjustments	13,436	11,842	1,593
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, table 12-10-0121-01.

Date modified:: 2020-11-30