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November 02, 2018CANADA INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, SEPTEMBER 2018 
In September 2018, the Canadian merchandise trade (balance of payment basis, seasonally adjusted) deficit narrowed to $416 million. The surplus reported in August has since been revised to a deficit due to a large upward revision to imports. The revision was mainly due to the import of three high value ships reported after the August publication. Exports are down 0.2% to $50.4 billon over Aug 2018, and are up 15.7% over Sep 2017. Imports are down 0.4% to $50.8 billon over Aug 2018, and are up 8.5% over Sep 2017.
In September 2018, the Canadian merchandise trade (balance of payment basis, seasonally adjusted) surplus with the United States narrowed to $4.8 billion.
Year-to-date
In the period Jan-Sep 2018, the year-to-date Canadian merchandise trade deficit reached $14.6 billon. Year-to-date goods Exports were valued at $440.1 billon and year-to-date goods Imports were valued at $454.7 billon .
Table 12-10-0012-01 International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000)
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