OTTAWA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Following two months of strong increases, growth in Canadian merchandise imports and exports slowed in April, with imports rising 1.9 percent and exports increasing 0.6 percent, Statistics Canada announced Tuesday.
Despite the rise in values, in real, or volume, terms, imports were down 0.4 percent in April, while exports fell 2.1 percent, the national statistical agency said, explaining that the upward movements in nominal terms were therefore the result of higher prices.
