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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  2009 March  2009 Change Year to date Year to date change March  2009/2008
2008 2009
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Export to:  
United States 24,314 23,315 -999 -4.1 90,896 70,890 -20,006 -22.0 -24.4
Japan 893 879 -14 -1.6 2,553 2,675 123 4.8 18.1
European Union 1 2,849 3,289 440 15.4 9,461 9,045 -416 -4.4 4.5
Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 1,312 1,327 15 1.1 4,575 3,886 -690 -15.1 -23.8
Other countries 3,737 3,693 -44 -1.2 11,242 10,668 -574 -5.1 -1.8
Total 33,105 32,503 -602 -1.8 118,727 97,163 -21,564 -18.2 -19.2
Imports from:  
United States 20,708 19,743 -965 -4.7 66,945 60,476 -6,470 -9.7 -10.7
Japan 758 706 -52 -6.8 2,981 2,526 -454 -15.2 -29.0
European Union 1 3,612 3,282 -330 -9.1 10,362 10,191 -171 -1.6 -3.0
Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 1,990 2,139 149 7.5 6,359 6,315 -44 -0.7 8.4
Other countries 5,775 5,529 -246 -4.3 18,714 17,112 -1,602 -8.6 -10.1
Total 32,843 31,398 -1,444 -4.4 105,362 96,621 -8,740 -8.3 -9.3
Balance:  
United States 3,605 3,572 -33 ... 23,951 10,414 -13,536 ... ...
Japan 136 174 38 ... -428 149 577 ... ...
European Union 1 -762 8 770 ... -901 -1,147 -245 ... ...
Other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 -678 -813 -135 ... -1,784 -2,430 -646 ... ...
Other countries -2,038 -1,836 202 ... -7,472 -6,445 1,027 ... ...
Total 263 1,105 842 ... 13,365 542 -12,823 ... ...
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.