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Merchandise trade
  January 2008r February 2008 January to February 2008 February 2007 to February 2008 January to February 2007 January to February 2008 January–February 2007 to January–February 2008
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change $ millions % change
Principal trading partners              
Exports              
United States 28,821 29,860 3.6 -1.5 60,967 58,681 -3.7
Japan 777 961 23.7 11.9 1,759 1,738 -1.2
European Union1 2,949 3,291 11.6 -1.9 6,923 6,240 -9.9
Other OECD countries2 1,545 1,562 1.1 16.8 2,954 3,107 5.2
All other countries 3,789 3,647 -3.7 20.2 6,252 7,436 18.9
Total 37,881 39,321 3.8 1.1 78,856 77,202 -2.1
Imports              
United States 22,533 21,762 -3.4 -4.0 45,451 44,295 -2.5
Japan 1,001 986 -1.5 -5.5 2,084 1,987 -4.7
European Union1 3,459 3,347 -3.2 -10.3 6,984 6,806 -2.5
Other OECD countries2 2,081 2,204 5.9 11.9 4,146 4,285 3.4
All other countries 6,028 6,087 1.0 12.7 10,951 12,115 10.6
Total 35,102 34,385 -2.0 -1.2 69,616 69,487 -0.2
Balance              
United States 6,288 8,098 ... ... 15,516 14,386 ...
Japan -224 -25 ... ... -325 -249 ...
European Union1 -510 -56 ... ... -61 -566 ...
Other OECD countries2 -536 -642 ... ... -1,192 -1,178 ...
All other countries -2,239 -2,440 ... ... -4,699 -4,679 ...
Total 2,779 4,936 ... ... 9,240 7,715 ...
Principal commodity groupings              
Exports              
Agricultural and fishing products 3,117 3,148 1.0 11.4 5,760 6,265 8.8
Energy products 9,300 9,651 3.8 26.5 14,503 18,951 30.7
Forestry products 2,091 2,173 3.9 -11.6 5,248 4,264 -18.8
Industrial goods and materials 8,674 8,915 2.8 7.6 17,113 17,589 2.8
Machinery and equipment 7,390 7,501 1.5 -8.0 16,634 14,891 -10.5
Automotive products 4,986 5,555 11.4 -16.9 13,849 10,541 -23.9
Other consumer goods 1,318 1,360 3.2 -17.8 3,321 2,678 -19.4
Special transactions trade3 593 590 -0.5 -18.7 1,470 1,183 -19.5
Other balance of payments adjustments 413 428 3.6 -10.3 959 841 -12.3
Imports              
Agricultural and fishing products 2,202 2,197 -0.2 3.6 4,237 4,399 3.8
Energy products 4,287 3,443 -19.7 46.9 5,287 7,730 46.2
Forestry products 239 237 -0.8 -8.5 514 476 -7.4
Industrial goods and materials 6,972 7,052 1.1 -4.4 14,448 14,024 -2.9
Machinery and equipment 9,570 9,516 -0.6 -3.3 19,698 19,086 -3.1
Automotive products 6,120 6,286 2.7 -8.4 13,718 12,406 -9.6
Other consumer goods 4,579 4,461 -2.6 -5.0 9,317 9,040 -3.0
Special transactions trade3 426 473 11.0 -18.7 937 899 -4.1
Other balance of payments adjustments 708 721 1.8 -1.8 1,461 1,429 -2.2
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 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 country of origin.
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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