BTS | Table 2-7b - Canada's Receipts From and Payments to the United States for Merchandise and Services Trade (Balance of Payments Basis)

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
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
Land^a	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
Land^a	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).