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U.S. Balance of Trade with Asia
U.S. Trade Balance with Japan (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
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U.S. Trade Balance with China (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
For many years, the United States has been importing more from Japan
and China than it exported to these countries. While the trade volume
with Japan declined in recent months, the U.S. trade volume with China
continued to grow, and imports grew faster than exports. Imports from
China into the United States are very seasonal compared to U.S. exports
to China.
| Imports (billions of dollars) |
12.12 |
10.43 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
-5.38 |
-13.92 |
| Exports (billions of dollars) |
5.89 |
4.73 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
-0.18 |
-19.68 |
| Trade balance (billions of dollars) |
-6.23 |
-5.71 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
-9.81 |
-8.48 |
| Imports (billions of dollars) |
7.59 |
7.24 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
18.22 |
-4.63 |
| Exports (billions of dollars) |
1.86 |
1.61 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
39.43 |
-13.02 |
| Trade balance (billions of dollars) |
-5.74 |
-5.63 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
12.67 |
-1.92 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period
in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division; May 17, 2002; available at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/index.html
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