Table 1
Merchandise trade: Principal trading areas – Seasonally adjusted, current dollars

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Merchandise trade: Principal trading areas – Seasonally adjusted, current dollars

Table summary
This table displays the results of merchandise trade: principal trading areas – seasonally adjusted december 2010, november 2011, december 2011, november to december 2011 and december 2010 to december 2011, calculated using millions of dollars and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  December 2010 November 2011Note r: revised December 2011 November to December 2011 December 2010 to December 2011
  millions of dollars % change
Principal trading areas          
Exports          
United States 26,301 28,668 30,198 5.3 14.8
Japan 940 921 1,104 19.9 17.4
European UnionNote 1 3,793 4,135 3,937 -4.8 3.8
Other OECD countriesNote 2 1,700 1,752 1,648 -5.9 -3.1
All other countries 4,631 4,728 5,135 8.6 10.9
Total 37,366 40,203 42,021 4.5 12.5
Imports          
United States 21,972 23,975 24,658 2.8 12.2
Japan 854 882 958 8.6 12.2
European UnionNote 1 3,690 3,898 3,526 -9.5 -4.4
Other OECD countriesNote 2 2,330 2,826 2,678 -5.2 14.9
All other countries 6,624 7,456 7,515 0.8 13.5
Total 35,471 39,036 39,334 0.8 10.9
Balance          
United States 4,329 4,693 5,540 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Japan 86 39 146 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
European UnionNote 1 103 237 411 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Other OECD countriesNote 2 -630 -1,074 -1,030 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
All other countries -1,993 -2,728 -2,380 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,895 1,167 2,687 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1.

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.

Note 2.

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.

Note(s): Totals may not equal the sum of their components.