Total exports rose 4.2% in January on the back of gains in all product categories that more-than offset a fall in energy products exports
Canada recorded a surprise trade surplus of $1.9-billion in January, driven by broad-based gains in exports, while imports posted a smaller increase led by motor vehicles and parts, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday.
Analysts had forecast a trade deficit of $60-million in January. Statscan also revised December’s trade figures to a surplus of $1.2-billion from an initial $160-million deficit. Total exports rose 4.2 per cent in January on the back of gains in all product categories that more-than offset a fall in energy products exports. Excluding energy, exports rose 6.1 per cent to an all-time high of $51.6-billion.
Farm, fishing and intermediate food products, motor vehicles and parts, and metal and non-metallic mineral products all contributed roughly equally to the rise in exports, Statscan said. By volume, total exports were up 5.3 per cent in January. Imports increased 3.1 per cent after two consecutive monthly declines, largely driven by motor vehicles and parts as well as industrial machinery, equipment and parts. Imports of consumer goods also contributed with a 3.8 per cent rise in January, after three months of declines.The Canadian dollar was trading 0.1 per cent lower at 1.3765 to the greenback, or 72.65 U.S. cents, which was near its weakest level in four months.
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