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Exports decreased 2.8% for the month, while imports were down 1.8%. That’s the first monthly decrease in exports this year and the first drop in imports since January.
Canada has benefited from surging oil prices earlier this year, which helped the nation swing into recurring surpluses for the first time since 2014. Canada has seen trade surpluses every month this year, but lower energy prices narrowed the surplus from a