Statistics Canada Says Merchandise Trade Deficit $2.3 Billion in March

A truck carries a cargo container at the Port of Vancouver Centerm container terminal in Vancouver, on Oct. 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade deficit of $2.3 billion in March.

The agency says it was the largest trade deficit since June 2023 and followed a surplus of $476 million in February.