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Merchandise trade
  April 2008r May 2008 April to May 2008 May 2007 to May 2008
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 30,539 31,285 2.4 4.0
Japan 932 1,109 19.0 22.0
European Union1 3,016 3,343 10.8 -2.3
Other OECD countries2 1,522 2,001 31.5 2.4
All other countries 3,929 4,368 11.2 35.9
Total 39,938 42,106 5.4 6.4
Imports        
United States 22,479 23,229 3.3 4.2
Japan 980 912 -6.9 -0.5
European Union1 4,020 4,045 0.6 15.0
Other OECD countries2 1,994 2,098 5.2 12.6
All other countries 5,707 6,285 10.1 19.9
Total 35,180 36,569 3.9 8.1
Balance        
United States 8,060 8,056 ... ...
Japan -48 197 ... ...
European Union1 -1,004 -702 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -472 -97 ... ...
All other countries -1,778 -1,917 ... ...
Total 4,758 5,537 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,378 3,465 2.6 23.2
Energy products 10,767 11,635 8.1 47.7
Forestry products 2,090 2,163 3.5 -14.1
Industrial goods and materials 8,770 9,555 9.0 5.5
Machinery and equipment 7,397 7,700 4.1 -5.1
Automotive products 5,092 4,914 -3.5 -23.1
Other consumer goods 1,390 1,468 5.6 -9.4
Special transactions trade3 588 670 13.9 -2.9
Other balance of payments adjustments 466 535 14.8 8.3
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,203 2,278 3.4 8.2
Energy products 4,578 4,434 -3.1 47.6
Forestry products 234 240 2.6 -4.4
Industrial goods and materials 7,156 7,776 8.7 12.2
Machinery and equipment 9,587 10,027 4.6 5.0
Automotive products 5,866 5,860 -0.1 -9.3
Other consumer goods 4,446 4,579 3.0 2.8
Special transactions trade3 472 688 45.8 69.5
Other balance of payments adjustments 637 687 7.8 3.6
rrevised
...figures not appropriate or 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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