Table 2
Merchandise trade: Principal commodity groupings – Seasonally adjusted, current dollars

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Merchandise trade: Principal commodity groupings – Seasonally adjusted, current dollars
  July 2011 June 2012r July 2012 June to July 2012 July 2011 to July 2012
  millions of dollars % change
Total exports 37,560 39,056 37,739 -3.4 0.5
Agricultural and fishing products 3,381 3,482 3,370 -3.2 -0.3
Energy products 8,603 8,951 8,194 -8.5 -4.8
Forestry products 1,825 1,815 1,794 -1.2 -1.7
Industrial goods and materials 9,923 9,278 9,470 2.1 -4.6
Machinery and equipment 6,839 7,120 6,727 -5.5 -1.6
Automotive products 4,888 6,263 5,934 -5.3 21.4
Other consumer goods 1,348 1,384 1,421 2.7 5.4
Special transactions trade1 284 299 306 2.3 7.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 469 465 524 12.7 11.7
Total imports 37,604 40,981 40,075 -2.2 6.6
Agricultural and fishing products 2,712 2,944 2,963 0.6 9.3
Energy products 4,032 4,382 3,844 -12.3 -4.7
Forestry products 205 239 243 1.7 18.5
Industrial goods and materials 8,164 8,513 8,544 0.4 4.7
Machinery and equipment 10,226 11,256 10,840 -3.7 6.0
Automotive products 6,040 6,995 6,923 -1.0 14.6
Other consumer goods 4,957 5,276 5,189 -1.6 4.7
Special transactions trade1 464 511 685 34.1 47.6
Other balance of payments adjustments 804 866 843 -2.7 4.9
r
revised
1.
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.