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Merchandise trade by principal trading area, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted

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Merchandise trade by principal trading area, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted
  February  2011 March  2011 Change Year to date March  2011/ March  2010
2010 2011 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Export to  
United States 26,634 27,148 514 1.9 73,731 81,639 7,908 10.7 12.3
Japan 999 909 -90 -9.0 2,226 2,914 688 30.9 29.1
European Union 1 2,790 3,392 602 21.6 8,145 9,835 1,690 20.7 18.2
Other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 1,481 1,841 361 24.4 4,385 4,805 420 9.6 28.0
Other countries 4,213 4,082 -131 -3.1 10,089 12,589 2,500 24.8 20.2
Total 36,116 37,372 1,256 3.5 98,575 111,781 13,206 13.4 14.7
Imports from  
United States 21,621 22,316 695 3.2 61,817 67,005 5,189 8.4 8.7
Japan 855 791 -65 -7.6 2,379 2,483 105 4.4 -3.9
European Union 1 3,465 3,724 259 7.5 9,978 10,924 946 9.5 -3.6
Other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 2,683 3,212 529 19.7 7,113 8,596 1,483 20.8 35.3
Other countries 7,136 6,703 -433 -6.1 17,335 20,401 3,066 17.7 8.5
Total 35,760 36,745 985 2.8 98,622 109,411 10,788 10.9 8.8
Balance  
United States 5,013 4,832 -181 ... 11,914 14,633 2,719 ... ...
Japan 143 118 -25 ... -153 431 584 ... ...
European Union 1 -675 -332 343 ... -1,833 -1,089 744 ... ...
Other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 -1,202 -1,370 -168 ... -2,729 -3,791 -1,063 ... ...
Other countries -2,922 -2,621 302 ... -7,247 -7,813 -566 ... ...
Total 356 627 270 ... -47 2,371 2,418 ... ...
1.
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.
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Other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development includes: Australia, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey.