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Merchandise trade
  August 2007r September 2007 August to September 2007 September 2006 to September 2007 January to September 2006 January to September 2007 January–September 2006 to January–September 2007
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change $ millions % change
Principal trading partners              
Exports              
United States 29,391 28,944 -1.5 -0.8 271,746 271,195 -0.2
Japan 800 747 -6.6 -15.4 7,770 7,723 -0.6
European Union1 3,234 2,906 -10.1 -0.5 23,960 30,200 26.0
Other OECD countries2 1,708 1,660 -2.8 -3.9 12,351 15,688 27.0
All other countries 3,455 3,451 -0.1 13.8 24,367 29,793 22.3
Total 38,588 37,710 -2.3 -0.1 340,191 354,599 4.2
Imports              
United States 22,453 22,764 1.4 3.3 197,218 203,873 3.4
Japan 1,000 907 -9.3 -11.3 9,026 8,853 -1.9
European Union1 3,472 3,652 5.2 2.7 31,471 32,203 2.3
Other OECD countries2 2,036 2,199 8.0 23.9 17,481 18,470 5.7
All other countries 5,335 5,544 3.9 6.9 46,026 49,477 7.5
Total 34,296 35,065 2.2 4.4 301,219 312,880 3.9
Balance              
United States 6,938 6,180 ... ... 74,528 67,322 ...
Japan -200 -160 ... ... -1,256 -1,130 ...
European Union1 -238 -746 ... ... -7,511 -2,003 ...
Other OECD countries2 -328 -539 ... ... -5,130 -2,782 ...
All other countries -1,880 -2,093 ... ... -21,659 -19,684 ...
Total 4,292 2,645 ... ... 38,972 41,719 ...
Principal commodity groupings              
Exports              
Agricultural and fishing products 2,995 2,887 -3.6 3.3 23,176 26,015 12.2
Energy products 7,476 7,565 1.2 6.8 66,391 68,946 3.8
Forestry products 2,412 2,233 -7.4 -15.7 25,306 22,431 -11.4
Industrial goods and materials 8,704 8,390 -3.6 1.1 68,613 79,910 16.5
Machinery and equipment 8,211 7,618 -7.2 -4.7 70,547 72,726 3.1
Automotive products 6,160 6,304 2.3 1.3 61,657 59,270 -3.9
Other consumer goods 1,509 1,555 3.0 6.4 13,053 14,414 10.4
Special transactions trade3 653 643 -1.5 -12.3 6,499 6,336 -2.5
Other balance of payments adjustments 468 514 9.8 0.2 4,947 4,553 -8.0
Imports              
Agricultural and fishing products 2,158 2,148 -0.5 6.2 17,391 19,072 9.7
Energy products 2,973 3,374 13.5 14.6 26,645 27,286 2.4
Forestry products 247 245 -0.8 -4.7 2,293 2,250 -1.9
Industrial goods and materials 6,979 7,158 2.6 3.1 62,525 64,330 2.9
Machinery and equipment 9,803 9,618 -1.9 0.4 84,992 87,897 3.4
Automotive products 6,562 6,664 1.6 4.6 59,489 60,566 1.8
Other consumer goods 4,502 4,591 2.0 5.4 38,479 41,261 7.2
Special transactions trade3 407 578 42.0 35.7 3,381 4,124 22.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 666 689 3.5 1.3 6,026 6,094 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 the United Kingdom.
2.Other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation 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 the country of origin.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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