斯8月份，加拿大对美国的出口出现大幅增长。分析认为，这主要是由于进口商为规避特朗普政府于月底实施的新关税而急于提前进货。
Canadian exports to the US rose sharply in August as importers appeared to rush to get ahead of new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration toward the end of the month.
加拿大统计局周二发布的数据显示，加拿大对美国的贸易顺差从6.1亿加元升至112亿加元。当月，加拿大对美出口增长8.1%，进口则下降2.5%。这一表现使得加拿大对美贸易差额创下历史同期最大增幅。
Canada's trade surplus with the US increased to C$11.2 billion from C$6.1 billion, as exports increased by 8.1% while imports fell by 2.5%, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. That resulted in the largest positive monthly swing ever recorded in Canada's trade balance with the US.
整体来看，加拿大8月份出口总额增长2.5%，进口下降2%。由此，该国对所有国家的贸易顺差从7月份的7.87亿加元扩大至42亿加元，实现了连续第六个月的贸易顺差。
Canada's total exports rose by 2.5% while imports fell by 2%, widening the country's trade surplus with all countries to C$4.2 billion from C$787 million in July. That marked Canada's sixth consecutive monthly trade surplus.
接受彭博社调查的经济学家此前预计，加拿大当月的贸易顺差仅为15亿加元。
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected a trade surplus of C$1.5 billion.
特朗普政府于7月22日首次威胁要对加拿大商品征收所谓的第338条关税，该措施最终于一个月后正式生效。最初，针对价值200亿美元加拿大商品的关税税率为50%，随后部分商品被排除在征税范围之外。加拿大总理马克·卡尼随即宣布实施反制性关税，并于9月8日起生效。
The Trump administration first threatened so-called Section 338 tariffs on July 22, which eventually came into effect a month later. The 50% tariffs applied to $20 billion of Canadian goods, and were later revised to swap out some products. Prime Minister Mark Carney responded with retaliatory tariffs, which came into effect on Sept. 8.
加拿大统计局在8月份的国际商品贸易报告中指出：“关税政策的公布可能会影响贸易模式，促使进口商在关税生效前增加进口量，以避免额外成本。”
“The announcement of tariffs may influence trade patterns and prompt importers to increase shipments before the tariffs take effect in order to avoid additional costs,” StatCan said in its August international merchandise trade report.
能源类产品出口自4月以来首次实现增长，增幅达4.7%。受向秘鲁、英国、美国和荷兰出口柴油的带动，8月份精炼石油产品出口增长了17.4%。
Energy exports increased for the first time since April, rising by 4.7%. Exports of refined petroleum products increased in August by 17.4%, driven by diesel exports to Peru, the UK, the US and the Netherlands.
消费品出口同样表现强劲，增幅为6.6%。其中，各类杂项商品及用品的出口增幅高达43.3%，成为这一增长的主要推动力；这些商品既包括可能被征收关税的产品，也包括出口至美国的金币与银币。
Exports of consumer goods also increased in August by 6.6%. Miscellaneous goods and supplies, which rose by 43.3%, contributed considerably to that rise as exports of products targeted by tariffs,, as well as shipments of gold and silver coins to the US, increased.
另一方面，加拿大进口额自1月以来首次出现下滑，其中汽车及零部件进口降幅最为明显，减少了8.8%。
Meanwhile, Canadian imports fell for the first time since January, with the largest decline posted in motor vehicles and parts, which decreased by 8.8%.
“由于今年美国季节性停产时间有所缩短，7月份汽车进口量创下历史新高。不过据周二发布的报告显示，经过季节性因素调整后，8月份乘用车及轻型卡车的进口量下降了15.4%。”
“After reaching an all-time high in July due to shorter seasonal production stoppages in the United States this year, imports of passenger cars and light trucks decreased 15.4% on a seasonally adjusted basis in August,” Tuesday's report said.
从数量来看，出口总量增长了2.5%，而进口总量则减少了1.1%。
In volume terms, total exports were up 2.5%, while total imports were down 1.1%.