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Table 1 Merchandise trade

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Merchandise trade
  April 2009r May 2009 April to May 2009 May 2008 to May 2009
  Seasonally adjusted, $ current
  $ millions % change
Principal trading partners        
Exports        
United States 22,053 20,263 -8.1 -35.7
Japan 783 630 -19.5 -43.4
European Union1 2,668 2,490 -6.7 -25.0
Other OECD countries2 1,401 1,390 -0.8 -30.0
All other countries 3,569 3,600 0.9 -18.5
Total 30,475 28,372 -6.9 -33.0
Imports        
United States 19,434 18,785 -3.3 -19.6
Japan 743 710 -4.4 -24.0
European Union1 3,327 3,215 -3.4 -15.8
Other OECD countries2 1,973 1,820 -7.8 -19.9
All other countries 5,387 5,263 -2.3 -16.5
Total 30,864 29,793 -3.5 -18.8
Balance        
United States 2,619 1,478 ... ...
Japan 40 -80 ... ...
European Union1 -659 -725 ... ...
Other OECD countries2 -572 -430 ... ...
All other countries -1,818 -1,663 ... ...
Total -389 -1,421 ... ...
Principal commodity groupings        
Exports        
Agricultural and fishing products 3,546 3,238 -8.7 -8.2
Energy products 6,028 5,388 -10.6 -53.7
Forestry products 1,635 1,580 -3.4 -27.4
Industrial goods and materials 6,264 5,960 -4.9 -38.7
Machinery and equipment 7,002 6,721 -4.0 -13.4
Automotive products 3,436 3,009 -12.4 -38.0
Other consumer goods 1,569 1,567 -0.1 6.1
Special transactions trade3 539 517 -4.1 -23.7
Other balance of payments adjustments 454 391 -13.9 -26.2
Imports        
Agricultural and fishing products 2,498 2,435 -2.5 4.8
Energy products 2,629 2,348 -10.7 -44.3
Forestry products 202 183 -9.4 -24.7
Industrial goods and materials 6,095 6,004 -1.5 -23.5
Machinery and equipment 9,300 9,045 -2.7 -11.8
Automotive products 4,146 3,844 -7.3 -34.7
Other consumer goods 4,951 4,807 -2.9 3.2
Special transactions trade3 374 456 21.9 -12.3
Other balance of payments adjustments 670 672 0.3 -8.9
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.