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Merchandise trade
  July 2007r August 2007 July to August 2007 August 2006 to August 2007 January to August 2006 January to August 2007 January–August 2006 to January–August 2007
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change $ millions % change
Principal trading partners              
Exports              
United States 29,742 29,163 -1.9 -3.2 242,559 241,032 -0.6
Japan 810 825 1.9 -11.2 6,887 7,026 2.0
European Union1 3,405 3,301 -3.1 22.6 21,038 27,435 30.4
Other OECD countries2 1,742 1,732 -0.6 20.8 10,623 14,065 32.4
All other countries 3,500 3,454 -1.3 16.3 21,335 26,260 23.1
Total 39,199 38,475 -1.8 0.8 302,439 315,818 4.4
Imports              
United States 23,260 22,461 -3.4 -0.2 175,179 181,040 3.3
Japan 1,042 1,012 -2.9 -5.5 8,004 7,969 -0.4
European Union1 3,816 3,452 -9.5 -7.7 27,915 28,508 2.1
Other OECD countries2 2,055 1,993 -3.0 1.0 15,706 16,202 3.2
All other countries 5,619 5,490 -2.3 2.4 40,838 44,143 8.1
Total 35,793 34,407 -3.9 -0.7 267,638 277,861 3.8
Balance              
United States 6,482 6,702 ... ... 67,380 59,992 ...
Japan -232 -187 ... ... -1,117 -943 ...
European Union1 -411 -151 ... ... -6,877 -1,073 ...
Other OECD countries2 -313 -261 ... ... -5,083 -2,137 ...
All other countries -2,119 -2,036 ... ... -19,503 -17,883 ...
Total 3,406 4,068 ... ... 34,801 37,957 ...
Principal commodity groupings              
Exports              
Agricultural and fishing products 2,794 2,945 5.4 10.9 20,381 23,090 13.3
Energy products 7,187 7,166 -0.3 -6.0 59,310 60,059 1.3
Forestry products 2,426 2,401 -1.0 -11.7 22,657 20,233 -10.7
Industrial goods and materials 9,613 8,752 -9.0 7.0 60,313 71,525 18.6
Machinery and equipment 7,853 8,375 6.6 6.7 62,554 65,300 4.4
Automotive products 6,555 6,161 -6.0 -4.0 55,432 52,953 -4.5
Other consumer goods 1,568 1,529 -2.5 3.0 11,591 12,884 11.2
Special transactions trade3 676 664 -1.8 -2.5 5,766 5,708 -1.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 528 483 -8.5 -11.4 4,434 4,068 -8.3
Imports              
Agricultural and fishing products 2,092 2,136 2.1 6.4 15,369 16,891 9.9
Energy products 3,223 3,225 0.1 -5.2 23,700 24,154 1.9
Forestry products 246 244 -0.8 -6.2 2,036 2,000 -1.8
Industrial goods and materials 7,343 6,888 -6.2 -3.1 55,585 57,090 2.7
Machinery and equipment 10,000 9,716 -2.8 0.7 75,408 78,095 3.6
Automotive products 7,142 6,563 -8.1 -4.4 53,117 53,953 1.6
Other consumer goods 4,571 4,448 -2.7 2.9 34,125 36,600 7.3
Special transactions trade3 482 522 8.3 44.2 2,955 3,675 24.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 695 664 -4.5 -2.2 5,346 5,404 1.1
rrevised
...not applicable
1.Includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
2.Other countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) include Australia, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey.
3.These are mainly low-valued transactions, value of repairs to equipment, and goods returned to country of origin.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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