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Merchandise trade by principal trading area, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted
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| November 2008 | December 2008 | Change | Year to date | Year to date change | December 2008/2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2008 | ||||||||
| millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
| Export to: | |||||||||
| United States | 28,808 | 25,935 | -2,873 | -10.0 | 356,094 | 369,759 | 13,665 | 3.8 | -7.6 |
| Japan | 1,143 | 991 | -152 | -13.3 | 9,989 | 11,874 | 1,885 | 18.9 | 27.5 |
| European Union 1 | 3,085 | 3,651 | 566 | 18.3 | 38,342 | 39,650 | 1,308 | 3.4 | 25.1 |
| Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 | 2,046 | 1,268 | -778 | -38.0 | 19,690 | 21,079 | 1,388 | 7.0 | -7.8 |
| Other countries | 4,023 | 3,459 | -564 | -14.0 | 38,936 | 47,379 | 8,443 | 21.7 | 10.6 |
| Total | 39,104 | 35,304 | -3,801 | -9.7 | 463,051 | 489,740 | 26,689 | 5.8 | -2.7 |
| Imports from: | |||||||||
| United States | 24,205 | 22,169 | -2,036 | -8.4 | 269,752 | 280,590 | 10,838 | 4.0 | 1.7 |
| Japan | 1,092 | 783 | -310 | -28.4 | 11,972 | 11,615 | -357 | -3.0 | -23.7 |
| European Union 1 | 3,713 | 4,091 | 378 | 10.2 | 42,297 | 46,519 | 4,222 | 10.0 | 21.7 |
| Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 | 2,484 | 2,324 | -160 | -6.5 | 25,034 | 27,605 | 2,570 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
| Other countries | 6,447 | 6,395 | -52 | -0.8 | 65,949 | 76,238 | 10,289 | 15.6 | 9.6 |
| Total | 37,942 | 35,762 | -2,180 | -5.7 | 415,006 | 442,567 | 27,561 | 6.6 | 4.6 |
| Balance: | |||||||||
| United States | 4,603 | 3,766 | -837 | ... | 86,342 | 89,169 | 2,827 | ... | ... |
| Japan | 50 | 208 | 158 | ... | -1,983 | 259 | 2,243 | ... | ... |
| European Union 1 | -628 | -440 | 188 | ... | -3,955 | -6,869 | -2,914 | ... | ... |
| Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 | -438 | -1,056 | -618 | ... | -5,344 | -6,526 | -1,182 | ... | ... |
| Other countries | -2,424 | -2,936 | -512 | ... | -27,014 | -28,859 | -1,846 | ... | ... |
| Total | 1,163 | -458 | -1,621 | ... | 48,046 | 47,174 | -872 | ... | ... |
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.
Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development includes: Australia, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland and Turkey.
