Canada: Exports RIse in December.

Canada’s exports rose 2.6% month over month to C$65.6 billion in December, following a decline in November. Despite the headline increase, exports decreased in seven of the eleven product categories. Metal and non-metallic mineral products climbed 18.0%, rebounding after earlier weakness as exports of unwrought gold, silver and platinum group metals increased sharply, driven by higher shipments to the UK, the US and Australia. Aircraft and other transportation equipment and parts exports surged 20.5%, with aircraft shipments up 26.0% on stronger deliveries to the United States. Partly offsetting these gains, energy exports fell 1.0%. Exports to the US increased 1.1%, while shipments to countries other than the US rose 5.8% to a record high.