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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  March 2009r April 2009 March to April 2009 April 2008 to April 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 23,270 22,252 -4.4 -28.4
Japan 865 823 -4.9 -12.1
European Union1 3,275 2,731 -16.6 -10.1
Other OECD countries2 1,303 1,394 7.0 -8.2
All other countries 3,725 3,585 -3.8 -8.9
Total 32,438 30,785 -5.1 -24.0
Imports        
United States 19,808 19,469 -1.7 -14.7
Japan 689 743 7.8 -24.8
European Union1 3,288 3,327 1.2 -17.5
Other OECD countries2 2,079 2,046 -1.6 3.3
All other countries 5,560 5,380 -3.2 -6.2
Total 31,424 30,964 -1.5 -12.9
Balance        
United States 3,462 2,783 ... ...
Japan 176 80 ... ...
European Union1 -13 -596 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -776 -652 ... ...
All other countries -1,835 -1,795 ... ...
Total 1,014 -179 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,404 3,577 5.1 7.5
Energy products 6,646 6,066 -8.7 -44.3
Forestry products 1,705 1,651 -3.2 -21.8
Industrial goods and materials 7,010 6,328 -9.7 -29.4
Machinery and equipment 7,640 7,107 -7.0 -4.6
Automotive products 3,392 3,483 2.7 -33.1
Other consumer goods 1,683 1,596 -5.2 10.9
Special transactions trade3 578 548 -5.2 -14.2
Other balance of payments adjustments 381 430 12.9 -8.5
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,531 2,507 -0.9 11.9
Energy products 2,352 2,633 11.9 -40.9
Forestry products 213 206 -3.3 -12.3
Industrial goods and materials 6,664 6,103 -8.4 -15.6
Machinery and equipment 9,668 9,348 -3.3 -3.7
Automotive products 4,059 4,118 1.5 -30.6
Other consumer goods 4,886 4,953 1.4 9.6
Special transactions trade3 390 423 8.5 -22.8
Other balance of payments adjustments 661 673 1.8 -3.4
revised
not applicable
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.
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.
These are mainly low valued transactions, value of repairs to equipment, and goods returned to country of origin.
Note(s):
Totals may not equal the sum of their components.