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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  January 2009r February 2009 January to February 2009 February 2008 to February 2009
  Seasonally adjusted,  $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 23,126 24,274 5.0 -20.7
Japan 905 908 0.3 -9.5
European Union1 2,908 2,816 -3.2 -11.5
Other OECD countries2 1,253 1,334 6.5 -3.1
All other countries 3,247 3,745 15.3 3.5
Total 31,439 33,077 5.2 -16.8
Imports        
United States 20,097 20,849 3.7 -5.6
Japan 1,070 728 -32.0 -27.2
European Union1 3,280 3,641 11.0 7.2
Other OECD countries2 2,221 1,907 -14.1 -16.9
All other countries 5,923 5,826 -1.6 -10.5
Total 32,591 32,951 1.1 -6.6
Balance        
United States 3,029 3,425 ... ...
Japan -165 180 ... ...
European Union1 -372 -825 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -968 -573 ... ...
All other countries -2,676 -2,081 ... ...
Total -1,152 126 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,381 3,446 1.9 8.8
Energy products 6,421 6,458 0.6 -35.6
Forestry products 1,762 1,852 5.1 -14.7
Industrial goods and materials 6,840 7,057 3.2 -22.2
Machinery and equipment 7,427 8,053 8.4 10.0
Automotive products 2,957 3,542 19.8 -37.3
Other consumer goods 1,587 1,623 2.3 22.6
Special transactions trade3 618 607 -1.8 -0.8
Other balance of payments adjustments 446 437 -2.0 -1.6
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,569 2,537 -1.2 14.4
Energy products 3,002 2,769 -7.8 -26.2
Forestry products 222 216 -2.7 -11.1
Industrial goods and materials 6,877 6,947 1.0 -4.3
Machinery and equipment 9,721 10,077 3.7 4.1
Automotive products 3,954 4,080 3.2 -37.7
Other consumer goods 5,040 5,094 1.1 13.2
Special transactions trade3 522 537 2.9 42.4
Other balance of payments adjustments 686 695 1.3 -3.3
revised
not applicable
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.
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.
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.