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 november 2011, december 2011, change, year to date, december 2011/ december 2010 and 2010, calculated using 2010, 2011, change, millions of dollars and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  November 2011 December 2011 Change Year to date December 2011/ December 2010
2010 2011 Change
  millions of dollars percent millions of dollars percent
Total 40,203 42,021 1,818 4.5 404,834 456,977 52,143 12.9 12.5
Agricultural and fishing products 3,702 3,842 140 3.8 36,938 41,031 4,093 11.1 10.1
Wheat 570 572 2 0.4 4,413 5,710 1,297 29.4 24.6
Other agricultural and fishing
products		 3,131 3,270 138 4.4 32,525 35,320 2,796 8.6 7.9
Live animals 127 130 3 2.1 1,686 1,437 -249 -14.8 22.0
Fish and fish preparations 369 375 6 1.5 4,191 4,385 194 4.6 0.9
Barley 74 31 -43 -57.8 341 344 3 0.8 -50.4
Wheat flour 6 6 0 -0.8 81 75 -6 -7.5 -18.4
Other cereals unmilled 53 55 3 4.8 629 846 217 34.6 -55.5
Other cereal preparations 267 262 -5 -1.7 2,785 2,966 182 6.5 10.9
Meat and meat preparations 453 459 6 1.2 4,705 5,032 327 7.0 18.5
Alcoholic beverages 63 68 5 7.3 745 745 0 0.0 9.4
Other food, feed, beverages and
tobacco		 1,073 1,110 37 3.4 11,320 12,343 1,022 9.0 11.8
Rapeseed 432 546 114 26.4 3,395 4,590 1,196 35.2 31.9
Other crude vegetable products 214 228 14 6.4 2,647 2,557 -90 -3.4 -14.4
Energy products 10,163 10,339 176 1.7 90,886 110,919 20,033 22.0 11.9
Crude petroleum 6,546 6,913 367 5.6 50,111 67,157 17,046 34.0 28.7
Natural gas 922 745 -177 -19.2 15,619 13,380 -2,240 -14.3 -37.5
Other energy products 2,695 2,681 -14 -0.5 25,156 30,382 5,226 20.8 0.1
Coal and other bituminous substances 660 677 16 2.5 5,187 7,178 1,991 38.4 18.4
Petroleum and coal products 1,861 1,844 -17 -0.9 17,950 21,156 3,206 17.9 -3.5
Electricity 174 160 -13 -7.7 2,019 2,048 29 1.5 -17.2
Forestry products 1,781 1,816 36 2.0 21,851 22,382 531 2.4 -9.1
Lumber and sawmill products 707 739 32 4.5 8,111 8,530 420 5.2 -2.9
Other crude wood products 61 77 15 24.8 675 913 238 35.3 12.3
Lumber 462 457 -4 -1.0 5,019 5,367 348 6.9 -6.7
Other wood fabricated materials 184 205 21 11.4 2,417 2,251 -166 -6.9 1.1
Wood pulp and other wood products 481 499 18 3.8 6,316 6,517 201 3.2 -19.5
Newsprint and other paper and
paperboard		 593 578 -15 -2.5 7,425 7,334 -90 -1.2 -6.3
Newsprint paper 281 275 -6 -2.3 3,759 3,682 -77 -2.0 -13.4
Other paper and paperboard 312 303 -8 -2.7 3,666 3,652 -14 -0.4 1.1
Industrial goods and materials 10,125 10,508 383 3.8 96,489 116,974 20,485 21.2 16.6
Metal ores 1,575 1,606 31 2.0 12,976 17,436 4,459 34.4 9.2
Iron ores, concentrates and scrap 569 664 95 16.7 4,645 6,180 1,536 33.1 41.7
Copper ores, concentrates and
scrap		 332 350 17 5.2 2,548 3,858 1,310 51.4 -5.0
Nickel ores, concentrates and
scrap		 284 243 -41 -14.3 2,841 3,404 564 19.8 -21.7
Zinc ores, concentrates and scrap 40 29 -11 -27.9 284 333 50 17.4 -38.8
Other ores, concentrates and
scrap		 350 321 -30 -8.4 2,659 3,660 1,001 37.6 16.1
Chemicals, plastics and fertilizers 2,886 3,005 120 4.1 30,113 35,775 5,662 18.8 10.2
Inorganic chemicals 494 502 7 1.4 4,585 5,962 1,377 30.0 13.7
Organic chemicals 525 577 51 9.8 6,242 7,224 982 15.7 6.4
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials 566 616 50 8.8 5,982 7,651 1,669 27.9 3.8
Synthetic rubber and plastics 1,005 1,012 7 0.7 10,176 11,502 1,326 13.0 13.6
Other chemical products 294 299 4 1.5 3,129 3,437 308 9.8 15.4
Metals and alloys 3,901 4,092 191 4.9 36,086 44,282 8,197 22.7 22.7
Primary iron and steel 69 50 -19 -27.7 1,191 912 -279 -23.4 -22.9
Steel bars, rods, plates, sheets 337 328 -9 -2.7 3,596 3,851 256 7.1 -2.6
Other iron and steel and alloys 234 265 31 13.3 2,667 2,882 215 8.1 17.9
Aluminum including alloys 650 592 -58 -9.0 7,433 7,988 555 7.5 -4.9
Copper and alloys 216 215 -1 -0.4 2,624 2,540 -84 -3.2 1.5
Nickel and alloys 265 266 1 0.2 2,234 3,356 1,122 50.2 -6.9
Precious metals and alloys 1,941 2,173 232 11.9 13,940 20,252 6,312 45.3 59.0
Zinc and alloys 88 98 10 11.5 1,324 1,248 -75 -5.7 -17.8
Other non-ferrous metals and
alloys		 101 106 5 4.9 1,077 1,252 176 16.3 2.2
Other industrial goods and materials 1,763 1,803 40 2.3 17,314 19,481 2,167 12.5 22.1
Asbestos unmanufactured 0 0 0 -99.8 56 31 -25 -45.3 -100.0
Other crude animal products 81 79 -2 -2.8 901 1,014 113 12.6 6.7
Other crude non-metallic minerals 389 279 -110 -28.3 3,509 3,822 313 8.9 71.9
Other crude materials, inedible 63 62 0 -0.3 724 774 50 6.9 -10.3
Metal fabricated basic products 401 415 14 3.5 4,170 4,512 342 8.2 16.7
Textile fabricated materials 193 197 4 2.2 2,180 2,234 54 2.5 1.7
Non-metallic mineral basic products 170 173 3 1.8 1,861 1,960 98 5.3 18.2
Other fabricated materials 465 597 132 28.4 3,914 5,136 1,222 31.2 27.0
Machinery and equipment 6,854 7,486 632 9.2 76,095 80,580 4,485 5.9 6.9
Industrial and agricultural machinery 1,840 1,860 20 1.1 18,033 20,170 2,137 11.9 15.4
Industrial machinery 1,637 1,652 14 0.9 16,199 18,070 1,871 11.5 13.6
Agricultural machinery includ.
tractors		 203 208 5 2.6 1,834 2,100 266 14.5 31.2
Aircraft and other transportation
equipment		 1,472 1,763 290 19.7 17,758 18,346 588 3.3 -10.6
Aircraft, engines, parts 1,050 1,317 267 25.5 13,836 13,619 -217 -1.6 -18.2
Other transportation equipment 423 445 23 5.4 3,922 4,726 805 20.5 23.4
Other machinery and equipment 3,541 3,864 322 9.1 40,305 42,065 1,760 4.4 13.0
Television, telecommunication
equipment		 673 639 -34 -5.1 7,739 7,730 -9 -0.1 8.0
Office machines and equipment 346 387 41 11.9 4,276 4,252 -25 -0.6 8.8
Other equipment and tools 1,691 1,763 71 4.2 18,543 19,547 1,004 5.4 9.7
Other end products, inedible 831 1,075 244 29.4 9,747 10,537 790 8.1 24.1
Automotive products 5,394 5,756 363 6.7 56,783 59,297 2,514 4.4 27.4
Passenger autos and chassis 3,652 3,938 286 7.8 37,603 38,930 1,326 3.5 33.3
Trucks and other motor vehicles 288 316 27 9.5 2,310 2,948 639 27.6 54.6
Motor vehicle parts 1,453 1,502 49 3.4 16,870 17,419 549 3.3 10.5
Other consumer goods 1,376 1,470 94 6.8 16,428 16,351 -76 -0.5 9.8
Special transactions trade 289 291 2 0.6 3,968 3,759 -210 -5.3 6.3
Unallocated balance of payments
adjustments		 521 513 -7 -1.4 5,396 5,683 288 5.3 3.6