U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
NEWS
U.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, DC 20230


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8:30 A.M. EST THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011

For information on goods contact:
For information on services contact:
U.S. Census Bureau:
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Matthew Przybocki
301-763-3148
Technical:  Edward Dozier
202-606-9559
Maria Iseman
301-763-2311
Media:       Ralph Stewart
202-606-2649



CB11-08, BEA11-01, FT-900 (10-11)

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
November 2010




Goods and Services
    
    The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of 
Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, 
announced today that total November exports of $159.6 
billion and imports of $198.0 billion resulted in a goods and 
services deficit of $38.3 billion, down from $38.4 billion in 
October, revised.  November exports were $1.2 billion more 
than October exports of $158.4 billion.  November imports 
were $1.1 billion more than October imports of $196.8 billion.
    
    In November, the goods deficit increased $0.1 billion 
from October to $51.2 billion, and the services surplus 
increased $0.2 billion to $12.9 billion.  Exports of goods 
increased $1.3 billion to $113.5 billion, and imports of goods 
increased $1.4 billion to $164.7 billion.  Exports of services 
decreased $0.1 billion to $46.2 billion, and imports of services 
decreased $0.3 billion to $33.3 billion.
    
    The goods and services deficit increased $3.0 billion from 
November 2009 to November 2010.  Exports were up $20.7 
billion, or 14.9 percent, and imports were up $23.7 billion, or 
13.6 percent.
    
Goods (Census basis)
    
    The October to November increase in exports of goods 
reflected increases in consumer goods ($1.0 billion); foods, 
feeds, and beverages ($0.6 billion); industrial supplies and 
materials ($0.3 billion); and capital goods ($0.2 billion). 
  

 
Decreases occurred in other goods ($0.6 billion) and 
automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($0.6 billion).

    The October to November increase in imports of goods 
reflected increases in industrial supplies and materials ($1.9 
billion); capital goods ($1.0 billion); and foods, feeds, and 
beverages ($0.2 billion).  Decreases occurred in consumer 
goods ($0.9 billion); automotive vehicles, parts, and engines 
($0.4 billion); and other goods ($0.2 billion). 
    
    The November 2009 to November 2010 increase in 
exports of goods reflected increases in industrial supplies and 
materials ($8.0 billion); capital goods ($4.7 billion); consumer 
goods ($2.0 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages ($1.5 billion); 
other goods ($1.0 billion); and automotive vehicles, parts, and 
engines ($0.8 billion).




    The November 2009 to November 2010 increase in 
imports of goods reflected increases in capital goods ($7.4 
billion); industrial supplies and materials ($6.5 billion); 
consumer goods ($3.5 billion); automotive vehicles, parts, 
and engines ($2.8 billion); foods, feeds, and beverages ($1.1 
billion); and other goods ($0.2 billion).
    
Services

    Services exports decreased $0.1 billion from October to 
November.  The decrease was more than accounted for by 
decreases in travel and passenger fares.  Increases in other 
transportation (which includes freight and port services) and 
other private services (which includes items such as business, 
professional, and technical services, insurance services, and 
financial services) were partly offsetting.  Changes in the other 
categories of services exports were small.
    
	Services imports decreased $0.3 billion from October to 
November.  The decrease was mostly accounted for by 
decreases in other transportation and travel.  Changes in the 
other categories of services imports were small.
								
	The November 2009 to November 2010 increase in 
exports of services was $2.9 billion.  The largest increases were 
in other private services ($0.9 billion), travel ($0.8 billion), and 
passenger fares ($0.6 billion).  Within other private services, 
the largest increase was in business, professional, and 
technical services.
	
	The November 2009 to November 2010 increase in 
imports of services was $1.8 billion.  The largest increases were 
in other transportation ($0.7 billion) and other private 
services ($0.6 billion).  Within other private services, the 
largest increase was in business, professional, and technical 
services.
    
Goods and Services Moving Average

    For the three months ending in November, exports of 
goods and services averaged $157.3 billion, while imports of 
goods and services averaged $197.7 billion, resulting in an 
average trade deficit of $40.4 billion.  For the three months 
ending in October, the average trade deficit was $43.3 billion, 
reflecting average exports of $155.0 billion and average 
imports of $198.4 billion.
    
 
Selected Not Seasonally Adjusted Goods Details

    The November figures show surpluses, in billions of 
dollars, with Hong Kong $1.9 ($1.9 for October), Australia 
$1.2 ($1.3), Singapore $0.5 ($0.6), and Egypt $0.4 ($0.5).  
Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with China $25.6 
($25.5), European Union $7.1 ($7.1), OPEC $7.0 ($5.7), Japan 
$5.8 ($5.7), Mexico $5.6 ($5.8), Germany $3.1 ($3.3), Ireland 
$2.3 ($2.7), Canada $1.8 ($1.2), Nigeria $1.7 ($1.8), 
Venezuela $1.6 ($1.2), Korea $1.6 ($1.1), and Taiwan $0.8 
($1.0).
    
    Advanced technology products exports were $23.1 billion 
in November and imports were $34.4 billion, resulting in a 
deficit of $11.2 billion.  November exports were $0.6 billion 
less than the $23.7 billion in October, while November imports 
were $2.2 billion more than the $32.2 billion in October.
    
Revisions (Goods on a Census basis, not seasonally adjusted)
    
    For October, goods exports were revised down $0.1 billion 
and imports were revised down $0.5 billion.  Goods carry-over 
in November was $0.1 billion (0.1 percent) for exports and 
$0.6 billion (0.3 percent) for imports.  For October, revised 
export carry-over was virtually unchanged at $0.5 billion (0.4 
percent).  For October, revised import carry-over was $0.1 
billion (0.1 percent), revised down from $1.0 billion (0.6 
percent).
    
    Services exports for October were revised down $0.2 
billion to $46.2 billion.  The revision was more than accounted 
for by downward revisions in travel and passenger fares.  An 
upward revision in other private services was partly offsetting.  
Services imports for October were revised down $0.1 billion to 
$33.6 billion.  The revision was mostly accounted for by a 
downward revision in travel.  
    
    


Table of Contents 

Seasonally Adjusted

Exhibit 1
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

1
Exhibit 2
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Three-month Moving Averages . . . . 
. . .

2
Exhibit 3
U.S. Services by Major Category  Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

3
Exhibit 4
U.S. Services by Major Category  Imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

4
Exhibit 5
U.S. Trade in Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .

5
Exhibit 6
Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

6
Exhibit 7
Exports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

7
Exhibit 8
Imports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

9
Exhibit 9
Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods, Petroleum and Non-Petroleum End-Use 
Category Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .


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Exhibit 10
Real Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category (2005 Chain-
weighted dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .


12
Exhibit 11
Real Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods, Petroleum and Non-Petroleum End-
Use Commodity Category Totals (2005 Chain-weighted dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . .


13

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Exhibit 12
U.S. Trade in Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .

14
Exhibit 13
Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal End-Use Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

15
Exhibit 14
Exports, Imports, and Balance of Goods by Selected Countries and Areas . . . . . . . . 
. . . .

16
Exhibit 15
Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal SITC Commodities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

18
Exhibit 16
Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .

20
Exhibit 16a
Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology Products by Technology
Group and Selected Countries and Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .


21
Exhibit 17
Imports of Energy-Related Petroleum Products, Including Crude Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. .

22
Exhibit 18
Exports and Imports of Motor Vehicles and Parts by Selected Countries . . . . . . . . . . 
. . .

23
Information on Goods and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . .
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NOTICE

Profile of U.S. Importing Companies

With the release of February 2011 statistics on April 12, 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau will introduce a 
Profile of U.S. Importing Companies.  The Profile will provide values and counts based on company 
characteristics such as employment size and industry type, and will include additional information on 
state of destination, country of origin, and number of trading partner countries.  The existing profile of 
U.S. exporting companies will be combined with the new import company profile information to create 
a new annual release called A Profile of U.S. Importing and Exporting Companies.   

Many exhibits have been added or modified in the new release to cover the characteristics of 
companies that engage in both import and export activities.  This initial combined Profile will cover 
data years 2008 - 2009.  Samples of the new exhibits are available on our website.

If you have further questions contact the U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division at: (301) 763-
3251 or e-mail ftd.profile.list@census.gov.


   
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