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Table 1 Merchandise trade

Merchandise trade
  November 2008 October 2009r November 2009 October to November 2009 November 2008 to November 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners          
Exports          
United States 28,966 22,836 23,283 2.0 -19.6
Japan 1,129 791 743 -6.1 -34.2
European Union1 2,962 2,864 2,823 -1.4 -4.7
Other OECD countries2 2,088 1,621 1,408 -13.1 -32.6
All other countries 4,031 3,125 3,324 6.4 -17.5
Total 39,177 31,237 31,582 1.1 -19.4
Imports          
United States 24,189 19,313 20,047 3.8 -17.1
Japan 1,096 757 776 2.5 -29.2
European Union1 4,053 3,418 3,412 -0.2 -15.8
Other OECD countries2 2,397 1,960 2,283 16.5 -4.8
All other countries 6,394 5,287 5,408 2.3 -15.4
Total 38,129 30,734 31,926 3.9 -16.3
Balance          
United States 4,777 3,523 3,236 ... ...
Japan 33 34 -33 ... ...
European Union1 -1,091 -554 -589 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -309 -339 -875 ... ...
All other countries -2,363 -2,162 -2,084 ... ...
Total 1,048 503 -344 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings          
Exports          
Agricultural and fishing products 3,623 2,848 2,947 3.5 -18.7
Energy products 8,511 6,921 7,350 6.2 -13.6
Forestry products 2,125 1,573 1,613 2.5 -24.1
Industrial goods and materials 8,980 7,168 6,988 -2.5 -22.2
Machinery and equipment 8,327 6,167 6,151 -0.3 -26.1
Automotive products 4,895 4,179 4,124 -1.3 -15.8
Other consumer goods 1,466 1,445 1,505 4.2 2.7
Special transactions trade3 714 516 497 -3.7 -30.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 536 421 407 -3.3 -24.1
Imports          
Agricultural and fishing products 2,560 2,378 2,429 2.1 -5.1
Energy products 3,974 2,784 3,148 13.1 -20.8
Forestry products 244 192 195 1.6 -20.1
Industrial goods and materials 7,837 6,320 6,137 -2.9 -21.7
Machinery and equipment 11,259 8,451 8,816 4.3 -21.7
Automotive products 5,793 4,841 5,296 9.4 -8.6
Other consumer goods 5,243 4,694 4,696 0.0 -10.4
Special transactions trade3 467 399 514 28.8 10.1
Other balance of payments adjustments 752 675 694 2.8 -7.7
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.