February 8, 2013
The Nation’s international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $540.4 billion in 2012 from $559.9 billion in 2011.
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This and more information is provided in the Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis press release:
U.S.International Trade in Goods and Services: December 2012 .
For further information on goods, contact Maria Iseman, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, on (301) 763-2311; on services, contact Edward Dozier, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, on (202) 606-9559.
NOTE: Total goods data are reported on a Balance of Payments basis; commodity and country detail data for goods are on a Census basis. For information on data sources and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
The next release is March 7, 2013
Note: Total goods data are reported on a Balance of Payments basis; commodity and country detail data for goods are on a Census basis. For information on data sources and definitions, see the Information Section (PDF, 53k) (TXT, 23k)
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Deficit: $38.5 Billion
Exports: $186.4 Billion
Imports: $224.9 Billion
Next release: March 7, 2013
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