Table 2-7b
Canada's Receipts From and Payments to the United States for Merchandise and
Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)
(Millions of current U.S. dollars)
1990 | 1995 | 1996 | |
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Receipts from exports to the United States | |||
Merchandise exports, total | 95,610 | 151,410 | 163,706 |
Trade adjustments, total | 8 | -1,547 | -648 |
Export merchandise trade (balance of payments) | 95,618 | 149,863 | 163,058 |
Services, total | 10,783 | 15,101 | 16,759 |
Transportation | 1,839 | 2,564 | 2,957 |
Air | 275 | 283 | 323 |
Landa | 990 | 1,673 | 1,945 |
Water | 319 | 304 | 298 |
Passenger fares | 256 | 304 | 392 |
Tourism and other services | 8,944 | 12,537 | 13,801 |
Tourism | 3,637 | 4,406 | 4,750 |
Other services | 5,307 | 8,131 | 9,051 |
Receipts, total | 106,402 | 164,964 | 179,816 |
Payments for imports from the United States | |||
Merchandise imports, total (customs-origin) | 75,302 | 109,796 | 115,205 |
Merchandise Imports, total (customs-consignment) | 79,959 | 122,364 | 128,551 |
Trade adjustments, total | 3,584 | 3,306 | 3,602 |
Import merchandise trade (balance of payments) | 83,544 | 125,670 | 132,154 |
Services, total | 17,934 | 20,705 | 22,646 |
Transportation | 2,418 | 3,200 | 3,318 |
Air | 266 | 305 | 370 |
Landa | 884 | 1,546 | 1,578 |
Water | 376 | 251 | 251 |
Passenger fares | 893 | 1,098 | 1,118 |
Tourism and other services | 15,515 | 17,505 | 19,328 |
Tourism | 7,529 | 6,591 | 7,235 |
Other services | 7,987 | 10,914 | 12,093 |
Payments, total | 101,478 | 146,375 | 154,800 |
Balance | 4,924 | 18,589 | 25,016 |
aLand refers to trucking, rail and pipeline services, unless otherwise noted.
NOTE: Detailed data on North American merchandise trade commodities can be found in Section 6.
SOURCES
Statistics Canada. Canada's Balance of International Payments. Catalogue No. 67-001-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).
Statistics Canada. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).