Trade shortage in July shrinks up to $ 4.9B as an increase in energy, vehicle exports
Statistics Canada said on Thursday that Canada’s trade deficit was narrowed in July in July, as overall exports increased, especially for outbound shipments of crude oil and passenger cars and for their biggest trading partners, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
According to statistics Canada data, its trade trade deficit, or lack of trade from trade, or the deficit from trade in July was $ 4.94 billion, smaller than $ 5.98 billion last month, but was much higher than the same period last year.
The agency said that overall exports increased by 0.9 percent to $ 61.86 billion in July, while imports slowed down 0.7 percent.
The analysts voted by Reuters estimated the trade deficit for July.
This was the sixth consecutive trade deficit since US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, but it is
The $ 7.6 billion all -time records seen in April improved.
Tariffs on Trump’s dangers and later imports from Canada have forced many businesses to change their supply chains and look for markets elsewhere. It has disturbed the trade balance between the two countries, pushing Canada into trade deficit.
But exports to the US, which was 76 percent of the total goods exports of Canada last year, has been on waste for the last three months on a monthly basis for the last three months.
Energy exports, vehicles
Canada exported more crude oil and passenger cars to the US in July, increasing its exports by five percent. But on the basis of year-on-year, exports to the south of the border still exceeded 10 percent.
However, imports from the US continued and fell 2.2 percent in July.
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Exports of energy products recorded an increase of 4.2 percent in July and the export of motor vehicles and parts increased by 6.6 percent, stating that low exports of metal and non-metal mineral products partially offset overall increase in exports in July.
Export of aluminum, which has a 50 percent tariff from the US, fell more than 30 percent in July. Steel exports, although in July, were marginally low, the year-by-year was more than 25 percent.
Exports to other countries other than the United States in July were 8.6 percent lower – the second consecutive monthly fall – and imports from countries except the US increased by 1.3 percent.
The Canadian dollar was trading below 0.21 percent (72.34 US Saint) after the business data was released. The government improved the yield of bonds on two years bonds and 0.1 base point was down 2.61 percent.
The recent GDP data, showing that the economy has a 1.6 percent contract, has motivated the money markets to bet that the rate of deduction by the central bank is coming. Markets are now betting on about 70 percent of the possibility of rate cuts on 17 September.
