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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  December 2008 November 2009r December 2009 November to December 2009 December 2008 to December 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners          
Exports          
United States 25,671 23,435 24,109 2.9 -6.1
Japan 951 713 664 -6.9 -30.2
European Union1 3,591 2,735 2,629 -3.9 -26.8
Other OECD countries2 1,241 1,474 1,335 -9.4 7.6
All other countries 3,520 3,304 3,453 4.5 -1.9
Total 34,974 31,660 32,190 1.7 -8.0
Imports          
United States 22,432 20,016 20,411 2.0 -9.0
Japan 830 777 784 0.9 -5.5
European Union1 3,834 3,402 3,369 -1.0 -12.1
Other OECD countries2 2,226 2,299 2,349 2.2 5.5
All other countries 6,373 5,368 5,522 2.9 -13.4
Total 35,695 31,861 32,436 1.8 -9.1
Balance          
United States 3,239 3,419 3,698 ... ...
Japan 121 -64 -120 ... ...
European Union1 -243 -667 -740 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -985 -825 -1,014 ... ...
All other countries -2,853 -2,064 -2,069 ... ...
Total -721 -201 -246 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings          
Exports          
Agricultural and fishing products 3,401 2,921 2,866 -1.9 -15.7
Energy products 6,894 7,676 7,793 1.5 13.0
Forestry products 2,011 1,613 1,630 1.1 -18.9
Industrial goods and materials 7,139 6,900 6,827 -1.1 -4.4
Machinery and equipment 8,218 6,067 6,273 3.4 -23.7
Automotive products 4,549 4,148 4,482 8.1 -1.5
Other consumer goods 1,642 1,440 1,374 -4.6 -16.3
Special transactions trade3 674 495 523 5.7 -22.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 446 399 423 6.0 -5.2
Imports          
Agricultural and fishing products 2,540 2,420 2,394 -1.1 -5.7
Energy products 3,205 3,129 3,299 5.4 2.9
Forestry products 215 196 198 1.0 -7.9
Industrial goods and materials 7,504 6,131 6,312 3.0 -15.9
Machinery and equipment 10,609 8,799 8,587 -2.4 -19.1
Automotive products 5,248 5,423 5,751 6.0 9.6
Other consumer goods 5,181 4,695 4,855 3.4 -6.3
Special transactions trade3 493 379 346 -8.7 -29.8
Other balance of payments adjustments 701 688 694 0.9 -1.0
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.