BTS | Table 2-6 - Receipts and Payments Related to International Merchandise and Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)

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Table 2-6
Receipts and Payments Related to International Merchandise and Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)

(Millions of current U.S. dollars)

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	Canada			Mexico			United States
	1990	1995	1996	1990	1995	1996	1990	1995	1996
Receipts from exports
Merchandise exports, total	127,687	191,130	202,300	40,711	79,542	96,000	392,924	584,743	625,075
Inland freight	3,668	5,049	4,955	U	U	U	N	N	N
Other trade adjustments	-1,028	-3,200	-2,083	U	U	U	-3,617	-8,803	-13,006
Trade adjustments, total	2,640	1,848	2,872	U	U	U	-3,617	-8,803	-13,006
Export merchandise trade (balance of payments)	130,327	192,979	205,172	40,711	79,542	96,000	389,307	575,940	612,069
Service exports, total	19,210	26,396	29,336	15,360	17,488	19,494	147,571	210,596	236,768
Transportation	4,223	5,240	5,703	893	1,164	1,412	36,655	44,743	45,768
Air	893	875	925	U	U	U	8,174	10,015	10,564
Land^a	990	1,673	1,945	U	U	U	1,264	2,091	2,212
Water	1,309	1,432	1,368	U	U	U	11,919	13,512	12,435
Passenger fares	1,032	1,260	1,465	441	668	775	15,298	19,125	20,557
Tourism and other services	14,987	21,156	23,633	14,467	16,324	18,082	110,916	165,851	191,000
Tourism	6,360	7,911	8,614	5,526	6,179	6,934	U	U	U
Other services	8,627	13,245	15,019	8,941	10,145	11,148	U	U	U
Receipts, total	149,538	219,343	234,497	56,071	97,029	115,493	536,878	786,534	848,837
Payments for imports
Merchandise imports, total	116,738	164,364	170,670	41,593	72,453	89,469	495,980	743,445	795,289
Inland freight	3,236	3,173	3,395	U	U	U	2,264	3,350	3,595
Other trade adjustments	842	23	394	U	U	U	93	2,569	4,355
Trade adjustments, total	4,078	3,196	3,789	U	U	U	2,357	5,919	7,950
Merchandise import trade (balance of payments)	120,817	167,560	174,459	41,593	72,453	89,469	498,337	749,364	803,239
Services, total	28,303	33,844	36,135	21,929	26,153	28,355	118,826	142,230	156,634
Transportation	5,786	8,042	8,121	1,132	1,449	1,669	34,880	41,772	43,446
Air	906	1,112	1,268	U	U	U	9,881	11,064	11,679
Land^a	884	1,546	1,578	U	U	U	2,004	2,590	2,831
Water	1,964	2,987	2,773	U	U	U	12,464	13,685	13,160
Passenger fares	2,031	2,398	2,502	475	416	576	10,531	14,433	15,776
Tourism and other services	22,518	25,801	28,014	19,266	22,730	24,179	83,946	100,458	113,188
Tourism	10,931	10,170	11,084	5,519	3,171	3,387	U	U	U
Other services	11,587	15,631	16,930	13,747	19,559	20,789	U	U	U
Payments, total	149,118	201,363	210,577	63,522	98,606	117,824	617,163	891,594	959,873
Balance	420	17,980	23,920	-7,451	-1,577	-2,331	-80,285	-105,060	-111,036

^aLand refers to trucking, rail and pipeline services, unless otherwise noted.

KEY: N = Data are nonexistent. U = Data are unavailable.

NOTE: Detailed data on merchandise trade commodities can be found in Sections 6 and 7.

SOURCES

Canada

Statistics Canada. Canada's Balance of International Payments, Catalogue No. 67-001-XPB. (Ottawa, Ont.: various years).

Statistics Canada. Special tabulations. (Ottawa, Ont.: 1998).

Mexico

Banco de México. Indicadores Económicos. (Mexico City, D.F.: 1998).

United States

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Survey of Current Business. (Washington, DC: September 1993, July 1996 and October 1997).

U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 1998 Annual Services Historical Disk. (Washington, DC: 1998).

Table 2-6 Receipts and Payments Related to International Merchandise and Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)

Table 2-6
Receipts and Payments Related to International Merchandise and Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)