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Monday, July 7, 2014

May 2014 International Trade (General)

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Total May exports of $195.5 billion and imports of $239.8 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $44.4 billion, down from $47.0 billion in April. May exports were $2.0 billion more than April exports of $193.5 billion. May imports were $0.7 billion less than April imports of $240.5 billion.
In May, the goods deficit decreased $2.4 billion from April to $63.3 billion, and the services surplus increased $0.3 billion from April to $18.9 billion. Exports of goods increased $1.6 billion to $136.7 billion, and imports of goods decreased $0.7 billion to $200.0 billion. Exports of services increased $0.3 billion to $58.8 billion, and imports of services were virtually unchanged at $39.9 billion.
The goods and services deficit decreased $0.4 billion from May 2013 to May 2014. Exports were up $8.3 billion, or 4.4 percent, and imports were up $7.8 billion, or 3.4 percent.
Alarmingly, if petroleum exports are excluded, the U.S. trade deficit hit $49 billion dollars in May, the highest real trade deficit ever recorded.
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On a global scale, data compiled by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis showed that world trade volume increased by 1.3 percent in April while prices fell by 0.4 percent.
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