January 2011 international trade deficit rose 15.1% to $46.3 billion. Exports increased 2.7% to $167.7 billion. Imports rose 5.2% to $214.1 billion.
The international trade deficit increased 5.9 percent in December 2010, to $40.6 billion. Exports grew 1.8 percent, to $163.0 billion, and imports rose 2.6 percent, to $203.5 billion.
The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by its constituent bureaus: the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Businesses rely heavily upon these indicators to make decisions every day. In their public comments, the Secretary and ESA’s Under Secretary and Chief Economist put the indicators into a national and global economic context.
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services in June 2010 increased 18.8%, to $49.9 billion. Exports fell 1.3% to $150.5 billion, and imports increased 3.0% to $200.3 billion.
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services in May 2010 increased 4.8% to $42.3 billion. Exports rose 2.4% to $152.3 billion, and imports increased 2.9% to $194.5 billion.
