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Merchandise trade
  February 2008r March 2008 February to March 2008 March 2007 to March 2008
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 30,079 30,295 0.7 -2.2
Japan 928 762 -17.9 -17.4
European Union1 3,206 3,233 0.8 1.0
Other OECD countries2 1,483 1,940 30.8 2.8
All other countries 3,726 3,833 2.9 19.2
Total 39,423 40,062 1.6 -0.3
Imports        
United States 21,791 21,670 -0.6 -6.8
Japan 1,002 990 -1.2 -4.3
European Union1 3,333 3,295 -1.1 -13.7
Other OECD countries2 2,191 2,137 -2.5 -5.7
All other countries 6,316 6,436 1.9 16.7
Total 34,632 34,528 -0.3 -3.8
Balance        
United States 8,288 8,625 ... ...
Japan -74 -228 ... ...
European Union1 -127 -62 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -708 -197 ... ...
All other countries -2,590 -2,603 ... ...
Total 4,791 5,534 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,188 3,339 4.7 14.8
Energy products 9,919 10,572 6.6 36.9
Forestry products 2,174 2,007 -7.7 -25.2
Industrial goods and materials 8,843 8,900 0.6 0.8
Machinery and equipment 7,418 7,461 0.6 -7.4
Automotive products 5,525 5,252 -4.9 -26.6
Other consumer goods 1,318 1,495 13.4 -8.0
Special transactions trade3 592 619 4.6 -12.6
Other balance of payments adjustments 447 417 -6.7 -15.6
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,196 2,184 -0.5 3.0
Energy products 3,648 4,291 17.6 38.5
Forestry products 239 235 -1.7 -8.9
Industrial goods and materials 7,087 7,031 -0.8 -2.2
Machinery and equipment 9,610 9,532 -0.8 -4.3
Automotive products 6,284 5,567 -11.4 -23.9
Other consumer goods 4,476 4,365 -2.5 -8.9
Special transactions trade3 369 573 55.3 37.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 723 748 3.5 0.9
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 (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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