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Canada at a Glance 2018
International trade

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Table 25
Major goods trading partners, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Major goods trading partners, 2016. 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	521,470	547,341	-25,871
United States	392,367	360,022	32,346
China	22,359	37,606	-15,247
Mexico	8,880	18,907	-10,027
United Kingdom	17,958	7,697	10,261
Japan	11,002	11,769	-767
Germany	4,426	14,613	-10,186
South Korea	4,655	8,952	-4,298
Italy	2,485	5,637	-3,152
France	3,513	4,448	-935
Netherlands	2,940	4,830	-1,890
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 228-0069.

Chart 16 Merchandise trade balance

Data Table for Chart 16

Data table for Chart 16
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 16. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Billions of dollars (appearing as column headers).
Year	Billions of dollars
2001	69.52
2002	55.85
2003	54.94
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	-23.73
2016	-25.87
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 228-0069.

Table 26
Exports and imports of merchandise, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Exports and imports of merchandise, 2016. 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	521,470	547,341	-25,871
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products	31,803	17,080	14,723
Energy products	71,610	27,376	44,234
Metal ores and non-metallic minerals	16,306	10,740	5,566
Metal and non-metallic mineral products	57,449	44,600	12,848
Basic and industrial chemical, plastic and rubber products	33,737	44,381	-10,644
Forestry products and building and packaging materials	41,208	23,866	17,342
Industrial machinery, equipment and parts	32,388	53,052	-20,664
Electronic and electrical equipment and parts	27,747	63,120	-35,373
Motor vehicles and parts	98,052	106,671	-8,620
Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts	23,039	18,833	4,206
Consumer goods	73,783	119,470	-45,688
Special transaction trade	3,963	7,720	-3,757
Other balance of payments adjustments	10,385	10,431	-46
Note: Balance of payments basis. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 228-0059.

Date modified:: 2018-03-27