Canadian international trade up in June

Published: Aug. 12, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Order reprints
OTTAWA, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Buoyed by energy exports, Canada's international exports rose 3.1 percent in June to $43.2 billion, the Statistics Canada agency reported Tuesday.

The improvement gave Canada a $5.8 billion trade surplus, up from $5.2 billion in May, the agency said.

"Imports rose 2 percent to $37.4 billion, the third monthly increase in a row and the eighth in the past 12 months," the report said.

Exports of energy products such as petroleum, coal and natural gas reached $12.8 billion in June, up 11.5 percent from May, and was the eighth consecutive monthly increase, StatsCan said.

While exports of passenger autos remained well below levels reached in 2007, automotive product exports increased 7.7 percent to $5.3 billion in June following three months of decline.

Canada's trade surplus with the United States rose to $9.6 billion, up from $8.1 billion after a 5.3 percent monthly jump in exports worth $32.8 billion, the report said.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.



Santoro wins twice to reach semifinals (4 min)
U.S. urged to probe extremists in military (6 min)
Rain postpones PGA John Deere second round (11 min)
Christie Kerr leads Women's U.S. Open (14 min)
$350 million for H1N1 flu preparedness (17 min)
Deadly day for British in Afghanistan (22 min)
Obama arrives in Ghana
fark
Photoshop these creepy earrings
Patronizing Tijuana hookers while on drugs may be unhealthy, according to Dr. N.S. Sherlock, of...
Defense lawyers request words like "polygamy,""cult" and "compound" not be used in their client's...
TSG Mugshot roundup: Twin billing
Barbie-Con visitors split on major issue: Are you allowed to open her box and play with it?
It's been 10 years since "The Blair Witch Project." Where were you when this crappy, one-joke, overhyped...