Table 2-1
Exports by commodity groupings, balance of payments basis, seasonally adjusted — Current dollars

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Table summary
This table displays the results of current dollars october  2011, november  2011, change, year to date, november  2011/ november  2010 and 2010, calculated using 2010, 2011, change, millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  October  2011 November  2011 Change Year to date November  2011/ November
 2010
2010 2011 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total 38,841 40,094 1,254 3.2 367,468 415,308 47,840 13.0 15.1
Agricultural and fishing products 3,594 3,689 95 2.6 33,448 37,188 3,740 11.2 14.9
Wheat 457 562 105 22.9 3,953 5,105 1,151 29.1 48.5
Other agricultural and fishing
products		 3,137 3,127 -10 -0.3 29,494 32,083 2,589 8.8 10.4
Live animals 128 125 -3 -2.1 1,579 1,301 -278 -17.6 20.7
Fish and fish preparations 357 366 9 2.5 3,820 3,987 167 4.4 7.1
Barley 52 74 21 41.0 278 313 34 12.3 105.0
Wheat flour 6 6 0 2.0 74 69 -5 -6.4 -19.9
Other cereals unmilled 58 56 -2 -2.8 504 819 315 62.5 -40.3
Other cereal preparations 260 265 5 2.0 2,549 2,695 146 5.7 12.7
Meat and meat preparations 450 453 3 0.7 4,317 4,575 257 6.0 16.8
Alcoholic beverages 59 63 4 6.6 683 671 -12 -1.7 5.5
Other food, feed, beverages and
tobacco		 1,073 1,070 -3 -0.3 10,327 11,221 894 8.7 12.7
Rapeseed 451 426 -25 -5.5 2,981 4,018 1,037 34.8 22.0
Other crude vegetable products 244 224 -20 -8.3 2,381 2,414 33 1.4 -17.0
Energy products 9,442 10,046 604 6.4 81,647 100,823 19,176 23.5 32.2
Crude petroleum 6,008 6,381 372 6.2 44,741 60,294 15,553 34.8 37.3
Natural gas 1,153 942 -212 -18.3 14,428 12,783 -1,645 -11.4 -5.9
Other energy products 2,280 2,724 444 19.5 22,478 27,746 5,268 23.4 39.7
Coal and other bituminous substances 514 661 147 28.5 4,615 6,502 1,887 40.9 79.8
Petroleum and coal products 1,583 1,861 278 17.6 16,038 19,311 3,273 20.4 30.2
Electricity 183 201 19 10.3 1,825 1,933 108 5.9 32.2
Forestry products 1,869 1,783 -86 -4.6 19,853 20,700 846 4.3 -2.3
Lumber and sawmill products 763 710 -53 -7.0 7,349 7,817 467 6.4 0.2
Other crude wood products 109 61 -49 -44.7 607 843 236 39.0 -0.4
Lumber 457 463 6 1.3 4,529 4,926 397 8.8 2.4
Other wood fabricated materials 196 186 -10 -5.2 2,214 2,047 -166 -7.5 -4.8
Wood pulp and other wood products 486 480 -6 -1.2 5,696 6,016 320 5.6 -6.7
Newsprint and other paper and
paperboard		 620 593 -27 -4.3 6,808 6,866 59 0.9 -1.5
Newsprint paper 311 280 -31 -10.1 3,442 3,517 75 2.2 -11.5
Other paper and paperboard 309 313 4 1.4 3,366 3,349 -17 -0.5 9.6
Industrial goods and materials 9,774 10,162 388 4.0 87,479 106,424 18,946 21.7 10.1
Metal ores 1,678 1,589 -89 -5.3 11,505 15,788 4,283 37.2 17.7
Iron ores, concentrates and scrap 615 582 -33 -5.4 4,176 5,479 1,303 31.2 -7.2
Copper ores, concentrates and
scrap		 384 333 -51 -13.3 2,180 3,509 1,329 61.0 38.7
Nickel ores, concentrates and
scrap		 354 284 -70 -19.7 2,530 3,161 631 25.0 56.4
Zinc ores, concentrates and scrap 14 37 23 164.1 237 302 65 27.6 434.6
Other ores, concentrates and
scrap		 311 353 42 13.4 2,383 3,337 954 40.1 19.8
Chemicals, plastics and fertilizers 3,019 2,894 -125 -4.1 27,387 32,803 5,415 19.8 10.6
Inorganic chemicals 507 495 -12 -2.3 4,143 5,460 1,317 31.8 8.5
Organic chemicals 564 529 -36 -6.3 5,700 6,647 947 16.6 2.2
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials 690 573 -117 -17.0 5,388 7,074 1,686 31.3 11.8
Synthetic rubber and plastics 966 1,003 37 3.8 9,285 10,484 1,200 12.9 15.3
Other chemical products 291 294 3 1.1 2,870 3,137 266 9.3 13.1
Metals and alloys 3,531 3,920 389 11.0 32,750 40,212 7,462 22.8 5.4
Primary iron and steel 104 69 -36 -34.2 1,127 863 -264 -23.4 -23.3
Steel bars, rods, plates, sheets 362 340 -22 -6.1 3,259 3,530 271 8.3 12.9
Other iron and steel and alloys 263 234 -28 -10.8 2,442 2,618 176 7.2 5.8
Aluminum including alloys 683 662 -21 -3.0 6,810 7,410 600 8.8 -10.3
Copper and alloys 221 219 -2 -0.9 2,412 2,331 -81 -3.4 6.6
Nickel and alloys 244 265 21 8.4 1,949 3,084 1,135 58.2 -10.8
Precious metals and alloys 1,454 1,943 489 33.6 12,574 18,080 5,506 43.8 15.2
Zinc and alloys 99 88 -11 -10.7 1,204 1,150 -54 -4.5 1.8
Other non-ferrous metals and
alloys		 102 100 -1 -1.2 973 1,147 174 17.9 7.5
Other industrial goods and materials 1,547 1,760 213 13.8 15,837 17,622 1,785 11.3 13.8
Asbestos unmanufactured 1 0 -1 -69.2 51 30 -21 -40.8 -89.6
Other crude animal products 81 73 -8 -9.5 827 862 35 4.2 5.1
Other crude non-metallic minerals 203 400 197 96.7 3,346 3,574 227 6.8 17.5
Other crude materials, inedible 66 63 -2 -3.7 654 713 59 9.1 1.3
Metal fabricated basic products 389 400 11 2.8 3,814 4,102 288 7.6 15.2
Textile fabricated materials 188 192 4 2.2 1,986 2,036 50 2.5 2.9
Non-metallic mineral basic products 173 170 -4 -2.1 1,715 1,788 73 4.3 15.9
Other fabricated materials 445 461 16 3.7 3,443 4,517 1,074 31.2 18.7
Machinery and equipment 6,887 6,902 16 0.2 69,092 73,022 3,930 5.7 7.9
Industrial and agricultural machinery 1,685 1,835 150 8.9 16,420 18,298 1,878 11.4 19.4
Industrial machinery 1,493 1,633 140 9.4 14,745 16,407 1,662 11.3 18.3
Agricultural machinery includ.
tractors		 193 202 10 5.0 1,675 1,891 216 12.9 29.0
Aircraft and other transportation
equipment		 1,547 1,496 -52 -3.3 15,787 16,492 706 4.5 6.1
Aircraft, engines, parts 1,163 1,065 -98 -8.4 12,226 12,215 -10 -0.1 0.0
Other transportation equipment 385 431 47 12.1 3,561 4,277 716 20.1 24.5
Other machinery and equipment 3,654 3,572 -82 -2.2 36,885 38,231 1,346 3.7 3.5
Television, telecommunication
equipment		 695 694 -2 -0.2 7,148 7,117 -30 -0.4 2.3
Office machines and equipment 361 348 -13 -3.7 3,921 3,877 -44 -1.1 -3.1
Other equipment and tools 1,685 1,682 -2 -0.1 16,936 17,774 838 4.9 7.5
Other end products, inedible 913 848 -65 -7.1 8,880 9,463 583 6.6 -0.1
Automotive products 5,079 5,327 248 4.9 52,266 53,649 1,383 2.6 18.5
Passenger autos and chassis 3,310 3,592 282 8.5 34,649 35,093 444 1.3 23.4
Trucks and other motor vehicles 309 289 -19 -6.2 2,106 2,613 507 24.1 38.8
Motor vehicle parts 1,460 1,445 -14 -1.0 15,511 15,943 431 2.8 5.1
Other consumer goods 1,397 1,369 -28 -2.0 15,090 14,847 -243 -1.6 1.7
Special transactions trade 301 297 -4 -1.4 3,695 3,479 -216 -5.8 1.6
Unallocated balance of payments
adjustments		 499 520 21 4.2 4,900 5,176 276 5.6 15.1
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