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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  May 2009r June 2009 May to June 2009 June 2008 to June 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 20,465 21,503 5.1 -35.8
Japan 628 667 6.2 -36.0
European Union1 2,507 2,398 -4.3 -25.5
Other OECD countries2 1,397 1,288 -7.8 -36.1
All other countries 3,619 3,429 -5.3 -12.3
Total 28,616 29,285 2.3 -33.0
Imports        
United States 18,754 18,408 -1.8 -22.2
Japan 713 715 0.3 -23.5
European Union1 3,218 3,182 -1.1 -22.7
Other OECD countries2 1,811 2,012 11.1 -19.0
All other countries 5,225 5,022 -3.9 -27.0
Total 29,721 29,340 -1.3 -23.0
Balance        
United States 1,711 3,095 ... ...
Japan -85 -48 ... ...
European Union1 -711 -784 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -414 -724 ... ...
All other countries -1,606 -1,593 ... ...
Total -1,105 -55 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,241 3,264 0.7 -5.7
Energy products 5,628 6,414 14.0 -50.5
Forestry products 1,573 1,567 -0.4 -27.0
Industrial goods and materials 5,936 6,297 6.1 -35.2
Machinery and equipment 6,699 6,423 -4.1 -12.4
Automotive products 3,087 2,915 -5.6 -45.2
Other consumer goods 1,547 1,509 -2.5 -7.0
Special transactions trade3 517 506 -2.1 -24.8
Other balance of payments adjustments 387 389 0.5 -13.6
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,431 2,542 4.6 8.7
Energy products 2,354 2,701 14.7 -51.2
Forestry products 182 187 2.7 -23.4
Industrial goods and materials 6,014 5,754 -4.3 -24.2
Machinery and equipment 9,010 8,469 -6.0 -15.7
Automotive products 3,894 3,899 0.1 -38.8
Other consumer goods 4,786 4,709 -1.6 1.3
Special transactions trade3 383 426 11.2 -23.2
Other balance of payments adjustments 667 652 -2.2 -13.9
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.