Table 3
Annual merchandise trade: Principal trading areas – Seasonally adjusted, current dollars
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Difference from 2011 to 2012 | Difference from 2008 to 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | billions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total exports | 487.3 | 367.4 | 403.1 | 456.5 | 462.6 | 1.3 | -5.1 |
| United States | 368.9 | 269.9 | 295.4 | 329.9 | 338.4 | 2.6 | -8.3 |
| Japan | 11.8 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 10.8 | -4.4 | -8.0 |
| European Union1 | 39.1 | 31.8 | 36.3 | 42.3 | 41.0 | -3.1 | 4.9 |
| Other OECD countries2 | 20.7 | 16.6 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 18.5 | -9.6 | -10.4 |
| All other countries | 46.9 | 40.4 | 43.8 | 52.5 | 53.8 | 2.5 | 14.9 |
| Total imports | 443.6 | 374.0 | 413.8 | 455.6 | 474.5 | 4.2 | 7.0 |
| United States | 281.4 | 236.1 | 259.9 | 281.0 | 296.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Japan | 11.7 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 15.2 | -7.5 |
| European Union1 | 46.6 | 38.8 | 40.3 | 45.8 | 44.6 | -2.6 | -4.3 |
| Other OECD countries2 | 27.4 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 32.7 | 36.0 | 10.1 | 31.4 |
| All other countries | 76.5 | 63.7 | 74.5 | 86.7 | 86.7 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| Trade balance | 43.7 | -6.6 | -10.8 | 0.9 | -12.0 | ... | ... |
| United States | 87.5 | 33.7 | 35.5 | 48.9 | 42.0 | ... | ... |
| Japan | 0.1 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | ... | ... |
| European Union1 | -7.5 | -7.0 | -4.1 | -3.5 | -3.6 | ... | ... |
| Other OECD countries2 | -6.7 | -9.4 | -11.2 | -12.2 | -17.5 | ... | ... |
| All other countries | -29.6 | -23.4 | -30.6 | -34.2 | -32.9 | ... | ... |
...
not applicable
Note(s):
Totals may not equal the sum of their components.
Table 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 the United Kingdom.
Table note 2
Other countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) include Australia, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey. Chile and Israel were included in the principal trading area Other OECD countries as of February 2012.
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