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Table 2-1
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments
basis, seasonally adjusted — Current dollars
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| September 2009 | October 2009 | Change | Year to date | Year to date change | October 2009/2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||
| millions of dollars | percent | millions of dollars | percent | ||||||
| Total | 30,111 | 31,133 | 1,022 | 3.4 | 415,705 | 306,506 | -109,200 | -26.3 | -26.2 |
| Agricultural and fishing products | 2,764 | 2,843 | 79 | 2.9 | 33,833 | 31,788 | -2,045 | -6.0 | -21.8 |
| Wheat | 431 | 400 | -31 | -7.2 | 5,718 | 5,148 | -570 | -10.0 | -27.5 |
| Other agricultural and fishing products | 2,333 | 2,443 | 110 | 4.7 | 28,115 | 26,641 | -1,474 | -5.2 | -20.8 |
| Live animals | 104 | 95 | -9 | -8.5 | 1,986 | 1,420 | -566 | -28.5 | -45.3 |
| Fish and fish preparations | 311 | 321 | 9 | 2.9 | 3,542 | 3,340 | -202 | -5.7 | -14.2 |
| Barley | 24 | 27 | 3 | 11.5 | 600 | 389 | -211 | -35.2 | -34.9 |
| Wheat flour | 8 | 8 | -0 | -2.9 | 88 | 71 | -17 | -19.0 | -2.1 |
| Other cereals unmilled | 26 | 28 | 2 | 8.6 | 763 | 472 | -291 | -38.1 | -60.5 |
| Other cereal preparations | 251 | 250 | -1 | -0.4 | 2,369 | 2,522 | 153 | 6.4 | -8.5 |
| Meat and meat preparations | 344 | 334 | -10 | -2.8 | 3,787 | 3,669 | -118 | -3.1 | -24.8 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 60 | 60 | -1 | -1.1 | 704 | 619 | -84 | -12.0 | -28.3 |
| Other food, feed, beverages and tobacco | 855 | 872 | 17 | 2.0 | 9,146 | 9,301 | 155 | 1.7 | -15.2 |
| Rapeseed | 186 | 275 | 89 | 48.0 | 3,234 | 2,950 | -284 | -8.8 | -20.6 |
| Other crude vegetable products | 164 | 174 | 10 | 5.9 | 1,896 | 1,888 | -8 | -0.4 | -28.1 |
| Energy products | 6,380 | 6,795 | 415 | 6.5 | 110,387 | 64,284 | -46,103 | -41.8 | -33.9 |
| Crude petroleum | 3,784 | 3,981 | 198 | 5.2 | 54,363 | 33,861 | -20,502 | -37.7 | -16.2 |
| Natural gas | 1,037 | 1,062 | 25 | 2.4 | 28,631 | 12,560 | -16,071 | -56.1 | -57.2 |
| Other energy products | 1,559 | 1,752 | 192 | 12.3 | 27,393 | 17,863 | -9,531 | -34.8 | -42.6 |
| Coal and other bituminous substances | 297 | 280 | -18 | -6.0 | 4,660 | 3,594 | -1,066 | -22.9 | -63.8 |
| Petroleum and coal products | 1,070 | 1,273 | 203 | 18.9 | 19,442 | 12,249 | -7,192 | -37.0 | -36.4 |
| Electricity | 191 | 199 | 8 | 4.0 | 3,292 | 2,019 | -1,272 | -38.7 | -29.1 |
| Forestry products | 1,557 | 1,567 | 10 | 0.6 | 21,523 | 16,316 | -5,207 | -24.2 | -31.7 |
| Lumber and sawmill products | 562 | 562 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,721 | 5,600 | -2,121 | -27.5 | -30.9 |
| Other crude wood products | 41 | 45 | 4 | 9.8 | 531 | 434 | -97 | -18.3 | -30.3 |
| Lumber | 327 | 330 | 3 | 0.9 | 4,505 | 3,183 | -1,322 | -29.3 | -31.2 |
| Other wood fabricated materials | 194 | 187 | -7 | -3.5 | 2,685 | 1,983 | -702 | -26.1 | -30.3 |
| Wood pulp and other wood products | 371 | 370 | -1 | -0.2 | 5,517 | 3,738 | -1,780 | -32.3 | -28.3 |
| Newsprint and other paper and paperboard | 625 | 635 | 10 | 1.6 | 8,285 | 6,978 | -1,307 | -15.8 | -34.3 |
| Newsprint paper | 300 | 315 | 15 | 4.9 | 4,419 | 3,611 | -809 | -18.3 | -41.5 |
| Other paper and paperboard | 325 | 320 | -4 | -1.4 | 3,865 | 3,368 | -498 | -12.9 | -25.4 |
| Industrial goods and materials | 6,612 | 7,194 | 582 | 8.8 | 95,393 | 65,846 | -29,546 | -31.0 | -27.0 |
| Metal ores | 854 | 933 | 79 | 9.3 | 13,074 | 8,425 | -4,649 | -35.6 | -28.9 |
| Iron ores, concentrates and scrap | 413 | 413 | -0 | -0.0 | 4,167 | 3,824 | -343 | -8.2 | -9.5 |
| Copper ores, concentrates and scrap | 124 | 223 | 98 | 79.0 | 2,042 | 1,415 | -627 | -30.7 | -15.2 |
| Nickel ores, concentrates and scrap | 132 | 89 | -43 | -32.6 | 3,459 | 1,150 | -2,309 | -66.8 | -56.6 |
| Zinc ores, concentrates and scrap | 25 | 17 | -8 | -32.7 | 313 | 210 | -103 | -32.8 | -47.9 |
| Other ores, concentrates and scrap | 160 | 192 | 32 | 20.2 | 3,093 | 1,826 | -1,267 | -41.0 | -46.3 |
| Chemicals, plastics and fertilizers | 2,089 | 2,116 | 27 | 1.3 | 29,950 | 21,292 | -8,659 | -28.9 | -37.6 |
| Inorganic chemicals | 331 | 371 | 40 | 12.1 | 4,597 | 3,453 | -1,144 | -24.9 | -23.1 |
| Organic chemicals | 420 | 377 | -44 | -10.4 | 5,998 | 3,881 | -2,117 | -35.3 | -40.5 |
| Fertilizers and fertilizer materials | 351 | 360 | 8 | 2.4 | 5,845 | 3,798 | -2,047 | -35.0 | -58.1 |
| Synthetic rubber and plastics | 753 | 764 | 11 | 1.4 | 10,666 | 7,806 | -2,860 | -26.8 | -30.3 |
| Other chemical products | 233 | 245 | 11 | 4.8 | 2,845 | 2,354 | -491 | -17.3 | -23.4 |
| Metals and alloys | 2,484 | 2,883 | 399 | 16.1 | 34,826 | 23,103 | -11,723 | -33.7 | -13.6 |
| Primary iron and steel | 66 | 90 | 24 | 35.4 | 1,182 | 395 | -786 | -66.5 | -19.3 |
| Steel bars, rods, plates, sheets | 251 | 254 | 3 | 1.1 | 4,373 | 2,404 | -1,970 | -45.0 | -45.5 |
| Other iron and steel and alloys | 182 | 191 | 9 | 4.7 | 3,327 | 1,965 | -1,362 | -40.9 | -46.8 |
| Aluminum including alloys | 522 | 548 | 26 | 5.0 | 7,910 | 4,919 | -2,991 | -37.8 | -36.3 |
| Copper and alloys | 196 | 190 | -6 | -3.0 | 3,842 | 1,786 | -2,056 | -53.5 | -30.7 |
| Nickel and alloys | 128 | 166 | 38 | 29.6 | 3,275 | 1,654 | -1,621 | -49.5 | -35.1 |
| Precious metals and alloys | 948 | 1,269 | 322 | 34.0 | 8,373 | 8,359 | -14 | -0.2 | 59.8 |
| Zinc and alloys | 107 | 100 | -7 | -6.4 | 1,260 | 876 | -384 | -30.5 | 1.7 |
| Other non-ferrous metals and alloys | 83 | 75 | -8 | -10.0 | 1,283 | 744 | -539 | -42.0 | -35.8 |
| Other industrial goods and materials | 1,186 | 1,262 | 77 | 6.5 | 17,542 | 13,027 | -4,516 | -25.7 | -30.5 |
| Asbestos unmanufactured | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | 57 | 59 | 3 | 4.8 | 27.9 |
| Other crude animal products | 47 | 45 | -2 | -5.2 | 724 | 549 | -175 | -24.1 | -30.9 |
| Other crude non-metallic minerals | 172 | 253 | 81 | 47.0 | 4,292 | 2,290 | -2,002 | -46.7 | -41.2 |
| Other crude materials, inedible | 50 | 48 | -3 | -5.1 | 494 | 511 | 17 | 3.4 | -5.7 |
| Metal fabricated basic products | 323 | 318 | -4 | -1.3 | 4,570 | 3,456 | -1,115 | -24.4 | -34.1 |
| Textile fabricated materials | 169 | 173 | 4 | 2.5 | 2,036 | 1,740 | -296 | -14.5 | -16.0 |
| Non-metallic mineral basic products | 154 | 153 | -1 | -0.5 | 2,002 | 1,635 | -367 | -18.3 | -25.6 |
| Other fabricated materials | 263 | 265 | 1 | 0.5 | 3,367 | 2,786 | -581 | -17.3 | -28.6 |
| Machinery and equipment | 6,364 | 6,204 | -160 | -2.5 | 76,449 | 68,315 | -8,134 | -10.6 | -25.0 |
| Industrial and agricultural machinery | 1,544 | 1,456 | -89 | -5.7 | 19,414 | 16,402 | -3,011 | -15.5 | -34.5 |
| Industrial machinery | 1,382 | 1,311 | -71 | -5.2 | 17,615 | 14,674 | -2,941 | -16.7 | -35.0 |
| Agricultural machinery includ. tractors | 162 | 145 | -17 | -10.7 | 1,798 | 1,728 | -71 | -3.9 | -29.9 |
| Aircraft and other transportation equipment | 1,615 | 1,613 | -3 | -0.2 | 16,425 | 16,436 | 11 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Aircraft, engines, parts | 1,218 | 1,272 | 55 | 4.5 | 12,270 | 13,012 | 741 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Other transportation equipment | 397 | 340 | -57 | -14.4 | 4,155 | 3,425 | -730 | -17.6 | -15.5 |
| Other machinery and equipment | 3,205 | 3,136 | -69 | -2.1 | 40,610 | 35,476 | -5,134 | -12.6 | -29.2 |
| Television, telecommunication equipment | 635 | 672 | 37 | 5.9 | 7,912 | 7,525 | -387 | -4.9 | -19.9 |
| Office machines and equipment | 360 | 355 | -5 | -1.4 | 5,081 | 4,060 | -1,021 | -20.1 | -35.8 |
| Other equipment and tools | 1,464 | 1,411 | -53 | -3.6 | 19,200 | 15,962 | -3,237 | -16.9 | -31.7 |
| Other end products, inedible | 746 | 698 | -48 | -6.4 | 8,418 | 7,929 | -488 | -5.8 | -28.4 |
| Automotive products | 4,141 | 4,187 | 46 | 1.1 | 51,639 | 35,225 | -16,414 | -31.8 | -14.8 |
| Passenger autos and chassis | 2,692 | 2,817 | 125 | 4.7 | 28,738 | 20,386 | -8,351 | -29.1 | 1.7 |
| Trucks and other motor vehicles | 219 | 185 | -34 | -15.5 | 6,191 | 3,519 | -2,672 | -43.2 | -65.8 |
| Motor vehicle parts | 1,230 | 1,184 | -46 | -3.7 | 16,710 | 11,320 | -5,390 | -32.3 | -26.1 |
| Other consumer goods | 1,383 | 1,423 | 40 | 2.9 | 15,062 | 15,173 | 111 | 0.7 | -15.0 |
| Special transactions trade | 529 | 520 | -9 | -1.8 | 6,805 | 5,432 | -1,373 | -20.2 | -34.2 |
| Unallocated balance of payments adjustments | 381 | 401 | 20 | 5.2 | 4,615 | 4,126 | -489 | -10.6 | -13.3 |
