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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  August 2009r September 2009 August to September 2009 September 2008 to September 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 21,931 22,051 0.5 -30.2
Japan 633 666 5.2 -37.5
European Union1 2,210 2,964 34.1 -10.7
Other OECD countries2 1,311 1,513 15.4 -25.7
All other countries 3,143 3,061 -2.6 -24.9
Total 29,229 30,254 3.5 -28.1
Imports        
United States 19,666 19,992 1.7 -16.0
Japan 844 740 -12.3 -27.2
European Union1 2,967 3,000 1.1 -31.1
Other OECD countries2 2,534 2,123 -16.2 -7.3
All other countries 5,209 5,325 2.2 -19.5
Total 31,220 31,181 -0.1 -18.1
Balance        
United States 2,265 2,059 ... ...
Japan -211 -74 ... ...
European Union1 -757 -36 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -1,223 -610 ... ...
All other countries -2,066 -2,264 ... ...
Total -1,991 -927 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,815 2,772 -1.5 -18.8
Energy products 6,538 6,375 -2.5 -42.5
Forestry products 1,533 1,560 1.8 -30.5
Industrial goods and materials 6,216 6,608 6.3 -32.1
Machinery and equipment 6,155 6,433 4.5 -18.3
Automotive products 3,636 4,211 15.8 -16.7
Other consumer goods 1,419 1,384 -2.5 -5.4
Special transactions trade3 521 529 1.5 -26.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 395 382 -3.3 -22.2
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,466 2,350 -4.7 -5.1
Energy products 2,946 2,814 -4.5 -38.8
Forestry products 193 202 4.7 -14.4
Industrial goods and materials 5,861 6,361 8.5 -19.9
Machinery and equipment 8,948 8,797 -1.7 -15.8
Automotive products 5,043 4,806 -4.7 -20.7
Other consumer goods 4,675 4,696 0.4 -5.2
Special transactions trade3 416 492 18.3 -19.1
Other balance of payments adjustments 673 663 -1.5 -11.6
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.