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Table 1
Merchandise trade

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  October 2008r November 2008 October to November 2008 November 2007 to November 2008
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 31,211 28,890 -7.4 0.3
Japan 1,120 1,160 3.6 37.9
European Union1 3,691 3,010 -18.5 -8.8
Other OECD countries2 1,872 2,077 11.0 22.2
All other countries 4,212 4,100 -2.7 20.6
Total 42,106 39,237 -6.8 3.1
Imports        
United States 25,295 24,362 -3.7 10.1
Japan 997 1,058 6.1 6.1
European Union1 4,171 3,653 -12.4 3.2
Other OECD countries2 2,520 2,482 -1.5 18.1
All other countries 6,868 6,403 -6.8 18.4
Total 39,852 37,958 -4.8 11.1
Balance        
United States 5,916 4,528 ... ...
Japan 123 102 ... ...
European Union1 -480 -643 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -648 -405 ... ...
All other countries -2,656 -2,303 ... ...
Total 2,254 1,279 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,590 3,672 2.3 27.7
Energy products 10,366 8,360 -19.4 4.5
Forestry products 2,314 2,178 -5.9 -1.4
Industrial goods and materials 9,774 9,053 -7.4 4.9
Machinery and equipment 8,226 8,343 1.4 9.5
Automotive products 4,918 4,894 -0.5 -21.1
Other consumer goods 1,644 1,464 -10.9 1.2
Special transactions trade3 794 730 -8.1 20.1
Other balance of payments adjustments 480 543 13.1 20.4
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,528 2,555 1.1 19.0
Energy products 5,707 3,623 -36.5 13.3
Forestry products 248 248 0.0 2.5
Industrial goods and materials 8,149 7,950 -2.4 14.4
Machinery and equipment 10,907 11,206 2.7 18.9
Automotive products 6,052 5,781 -4.5 -12.4
Other consumer goods 5,091 5,236 2.8 17.4
Special transactions trade3 444 635 43.0 43.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 726 724 -0.3 3.1
r revised
...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: 2011-07-05

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