Page content follows

Foreign trade

View the most recent version.

Tables

• Table 37   Canada's major trading partners, balance-of-payments basis, 2008
• Table 38   Exports and imports of goods, balance-of-payment basis, 2008

Charts

• Chart 15   Canada's merchandise trade balance
• Chart 16   Current account balances
• Chart 17   Exchange rate
• Chart 18   Canada's investment position with the rest of the world
  

---

View tables

Table 37  Canada's major trading partners, balance-of-payment basis, 2008

	Exports	Imports	Trade balance
	$ millions
Total	489,741	442,567	47,174
United States	369,759	280,590	89,169
Japan	11,874	11,615	259
United Kingdom	14,242	11,089	3,154
Other European Economic Community countries	25,408	35,431	-10,023
Other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries	21,079	27,605	-6,526
Other countries	47,379	76,238	-28,859
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 228-0003.

 

Table 38  Exports and imports of goods, balance-of-payment basis, 2008

	$ millions	%
Exports	489,741	100.0
Machinery and equipment	92,836	19.0
Automotive products	61,061	12.5
Energy products	126,066	25.7
Industrial goods and materials	111,166	22.7
Forestry products	25,668	5.2
Other	72,944	14.9
Imports	442,567	100.0
Machinery and equipment	122,463	27.7
Industrial goods and materials	91,558	20.7
Automotive products	71,929	16.3
Other consumer goods	57,495	13.0
Energy products	52,826	11.9
Other	46,297	10.5
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 228-0043.

 

---

View charts

View data source

---

View data source

---

View data source

---

View data source