Canadian international merchandise trade, July 2020

In July, Canadian merchandise imports and exports continued to build on the strong gains that were observed in June. Imports increased 12.7% in July, while exports rose 11.1%. The largest contributor to this growth for both imports and exports was the motor vehicles and parts product category. Compared with February 2020, the month before the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact was felt in Canada, imports (-4.1%) and exports (-6.0%) were down.

Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world widened from $1.6 billion in June to $2.5 billion in July...

This has been excerpted from a 3 September 2020 release by Statistics Canada.