December's 5.1% m/m increase in export volumes reflects the recovery in Canadian auto production and, more generally, improvement in US economic activity. This surprising strength means that net export's contribution to fourth-quarter GDP growth was firmly positive, suggesting upside risk to our GDP growth estimate of 1.5% annualised.
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