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Table 2 Merchandise trade: Principal commodity groupings

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Merchandise trade: Principal commodity groupings
  March 2009r February 2010r March 2010 February to March 2010 March 2009 to March 2010
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Exports          
Agricultural and fishing products 3,327 2,998 3,031 1.1 -8.9
Energy products 6,662 8,577 8,008 -6.6 20.2
Forestry products 1,691 1,694 1,745 3.0 3.2
Industrial goods and materials 6,889 7,897 8,265 4.7 20.0
Machinery and equipment 7,751 5,923 5,808 -1.9 -25.1
Automotive products 3,446 4,510 4,471 -0.9 29.7
Other consumer goods 1,693 1,415 1,390 -1.8 -17.9
Special transactions trade1 577 326 369 13.2 -36.0
Other balance of payments adjustments 424 446 445 -0.2 5.0
Total 32,460 33,786 33,533 -0.7 3.3
Imports          
Agricultural and fishing products 2,487 2,382 2,430 2.0 -2.3
Energy products 2,364 2,874 3,165 10.1 33.9
Forestry products 210 221 224 1.4 6.7
Industrial goods and materials 6,565 6,589 7,274 10.4 10.8
Machinery and equipment 9,560 8,730 8,802 0.8 -7.9
Automotive products 4,140 5,971 5,623 -5.8 35.8
Other consumer goods 4,862 4,728 4,620 -2.3 -5.0
Special transactions trade1 382 392 394 0.5 3.1
Other balance of payments adjustments 665 747 747 0.0 12.3
Total 31,236 32,632 33,279 2.0 6.5
revised
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.