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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  July 2009r August 2009 July to August 2009 August 2008 to August 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 22,580 21,866 -3.2 -31.9
Japan 780 637 -18.3 -43.0
European Union1 2,409 2,251 -6.6 -35.2
Other OECD countries2 1,566 1,301 -16.9 -28.2
All other countries 3,466 3,163 -8.7 -24.2
Total 30,801 29,217 -5.1 -31.6
Imports        
United States 20,368 19,693 -3.3 -17.4
Japan 790 835 5.7 -8.9
European Union1 3,319 2,986 -10.0 -23.9
Other OECD countries2 2,311 2,471 6.9 2.6
All other countries 5,329 5,217 -2.1 -18.3
Total 32,117 31,202 -2.8 -16.7
Balance        
United States 2,212 2,173 ... ...
Japan -10 -198 ... ...
European Union1 -910 -735 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -745 -1,170 ... ...
All other countries -1,863 -2,054 ... ...
Total -1,316 -1,985 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,135 2,813 -10.3 -17.7
Energy products 6,562 6,559 0.0 -41.3
Forestry products 1,578 1,524 -3.4 -27.5
Industrial goods and materials 6,463 6,248 -3.3 -38.5
Machinery and equipment 6,914 6,195 -10.4 -21.2
Automotive products 3,737 3,532 -5.5 -31.6
Other consumer goods 1,492 1,429 -4.2 -10.3
Special transactions trade3 511 520 1.8 -31.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 411 397 -3.4 -13.5
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,463 2,476 0.5 0.7
Energy products 3,256 2,936 -9.8 -35.0
Forestry products 191 191 0.0 -21.1
Industrial goods and materials 5,962 5,758 -3.4 -27.5
Machinery and equipment 9,407 8,950 -4.9 -12.3
Automotive products 4,865 5,049 3.8 -14.1
Other consumer goods 4,875 4,634 -4.9 -6.1
Special transactions trade3 418 533 27.5 0.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 680 676 -0.6 -12.8
revised
not applicable
The European Union 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.