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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2015

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Maria Iseman
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Technical: 
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
June 2015



The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic 
Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced 
today that the goods and services deficit was $43.8 billion in 
June, up $2.9 billion from $40.9 billion in May, revised. June 
exports were $188.6 billion, $0.1 billion less than May 
exports. June imports were $232.4 billion, $2.8 billion more 
than May imports.

The June increase in the goods and services deficit reflected 
an increase in the goods deficit of $2.9 billion to $63.5 billion 
and a decrease in the services surplus of less than $0.1 billion 
to $19.7 billion.

Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $1.6 
billion, or 0.6 percent, from the same period in 2014. Exports 
decreased $33.4 billion or 2.9 percent. Imports decreased 
$31.8 billion or 2.2 percent.
Goods and Services Three-Month Moving Averages 
(Exhibit 2)
The average goods and services deficit decreased $2.2 billion 
to $41.8 billion for the three months ending in June.
*	Average exports of goods and services increased $0.2 
billion to $189.1 billion in June.
*	Average imports of goods and services decreased $2.1 
billion to $230.9 billion in June.

Year-over-year, the average goods and services deficit 
decreased $1.1 billion from the three months ending in June 
2014.
*		Average exports of goods and services decreased $6.8 
billion from June 2014.
*	Average imports of goods and services decreased $7.9 
billion from June 2014.
    

  
Exports (Exhibits 3, 6, and 7)

Exports of goods decreased $0.2 billion to $127.6 billion in 
June.
Exports of goods on a Census basis decreased $0.5 billion. 
*	Capital goods decreased $0.8 billion.
o	Telecommunications equipment decreased $0.3 
billion.
*	Industrial supplies and materials decreased $0.6 
billion.
o	Finished metal shapes decreased $0.3 billion.
*	Consumer goods increased $0.8 billion.

Net balance of payments adjustments increased $0.2 
billion.

Exports of services increased $0.1 billion to $61.0 billion in 
June.
*	Other business services, which includes research and 
development services; professional and management 
services; and technical, trade-related, and other 
services, increased $0.1 billion.
*	Transport, which includes freight and port services 
and passenger fares, decreased $0.2 billion.
  


Imports (Exhibits 4, 6, and 8)

Imports of goods increased $2.7 billion to $191.1 billion in 
June.
Imports of goods on a Census basis increased $2.6 billion. 
*	Consumer goods increased $1.7 billion.
o	Pharmaceutical preparations increased $1.3 
billion.
*	Industrial supplies and materials increased $1.2 
billion.
o	Crude oil increased $0.9 billion.
*	Capital goods decreased $1.3 billion.

Net balance of payments adjustments increased $0.1 
billion.

Imports of services increased $0.1 billion to $41.4 billion in 
June. 
*	Travel (for all purposes including education) 
increased $0.2 billion.
*	Transport decreased $0.2 billion.


 


Real Goods in 2009 Dollars  Census Basis (Exhibit 11)

The real goods deficit increased $1.8 billion to $59.3 billion 
in June.
*	Real exports of goods decreased less than $0.1 billion to 
$119.6 billion.
*	Real imports of goods increased $1.7 billion to $178.9 
billion.


Revisions

Revisions to May exports
*	Exports of goods were revised upward $0.1 billion.
*	Exports of services were revised upward $0.1 billion.

Revisions to May imports
*	Imports of goods were revised downward $0.8 billion.
*	Imports of services were revised upward less than $0.1 
billion.


 


Goods by Selected Countries and Areas: 
Monthly  Census Basis (Exhibit 19)

The June figures show surpluses, in billions of dollars, with 
South and Central America ($3.5), OPEC ($0.7), and Brazil 
($0.6).  Deficits were recorded, in billions of dollars, with 
China ($29.0), European Union ($13.9), Germany ($6.8), 
Mexico ($5.4), Japan ($5.2), Canada ($3.1), South Korea 
($2.3), Italy ($2.2), France ($1.7), India ($1.6), Saudi Arabia 
($0.5), and United Kingdom ($0.2).

*	The deficit with Canada shifted from a surplus of $0.2 
billion in May to a deficit of $3.1 billion in June. Exports 
decreased $1.1 billion to $23.0 billion and imports 
increased $2.2 billion to $26.2 billion. 
*	The deficit with Mexico increased $1.3 billion to $5.4 
billion in June. Exports increased $0.1 billion to $20.0 
billion and imports increased $1.4 billion to $25.5 billion.




NOTICE
Improved Processing of Imports of Goods Filed in the Automated Commercial Environment 
Statistics for trade in goods in upcoming releases will include improved coverage of imports filed in the 
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) that are valued below the established filing exemption level (low-
value imports). This improvement addresses increases in the number of shipments filed in ACE based on new 
filing requirements. For more information, please visit www.cbp.gov/trade/automated.

With the release of July 2015 statistics, estimates for low-value imports recorded in the principal commodity 
category other goods will include certain shipments filed in ACE that were previously omitted. These changes 
will be included in both the August 28, 2015 release of the Advance Report: U.S. International Trade in Goods 
(Advance Report) and in the September 3, 2015 release of the U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services 
report (FT-900).

With the release of August 2015 statistics, coverage will improve for additional commodities. These changes will 
be included in both the September 29, 2015 release of the Advance Report and the October 6, 2015 release of the 
FT-900. Because some importers filing in ACE reported their shipments by individual transaction rather than 
summarized them by commodity, some transactions were previously omitted from processing and were not 
included in the import statistics. The U.S. Census Bureau has improved its processes to include these individual 
transactions in the published commodity statistics; as a result, data users may see an increase in the value for any 
commodity in which lower value imports are prevalent.

The Census Bureau will revise historical statistics in June 2016 with the annual revision release. In order to 
maintain time-series consistency for imports of goods on a balance of payments (BOP) basis reported in the FT-
900 prior to June 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will apply temporary BOP adjustments to imports 
of goods on a Census basis beginning with January 2015 statistics. These adjustments will be removed from 
imports of goods on a BOP basis in June 2016 when the Census Bureau revises historical statistics. 

For more information, please contact the Census Bureau, Economic Statistical Methods Division, International 
Trade Statistical Methods Branch, on (301) 763-3080.



To learn more about the FT-900 and other economic indicators the Census Bureau publishes, join the Economic 
Indicators Division for the Investigating Economic Indicators Webinar series. For more information, visit 
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Table of Contents
Part A: Seasonally Adjusted (by Commodity/Service)
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. Exports of Services by Major Category
3
Exhibit 4
U.S. Imports of Services by Major Category 
4
Exhibit 5
U.S. Trade in Goods 
5
Exhibit 6
U.S. Trade in Goods by Principal End-Use Category 
6
Exhibit 7
U.S. Exports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity 
7
Exhibit 8
U.S. Imports of Goods by End-Use Category and Commodity 
9
Exhibit 9
U.S. Trade in Petroleum and Non-Petroleum Products by End-Use 
11
Exhibit 10
Real U.S. Trade in Goods by Principal End-Use Category  Chained (2009) Dollars 

12
Exhibit 11
Real U.S. Trade in Petroleum and Non-Petroleum Products by End-Use  Chained (2009) 
Dollars  
13
Part B: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 12
U.S. Trade in Goods 
14
Exhibit 13
U.S. Trade in Goods by Principal End-Use Category 
15
Exhibit 14
U.S. Trade in Goods by Selected Countries and Areas: 2015
16
Exhibit 14a
U.S. Trade in Goods by Selected Countries and Areas: 2014
17
Exhibit 15
U.S. Trade in Goods by Principal Commodities 
18
Exhibit 16
U.S. Trade in Advanced Technology Products
20
Exhibit 16a
U.S. Trade in Advanced Technology Products by Technology Group and Selected 
Countries and Areas 

21
Exhibit 17
U.S. Imports of Energy-Related Petroleum Products, Including Crude Oil 
22
Exhibit 17a
U.S. Imports of Crude Oil by Selected Countries
23
Exhibit 18
U.S. Trade in Motor Vehicles and Parts by Selected Countries
24
Part C: Seasonally Adjusted (by Geography)
Exhibit 19
U.S. Trade in Goods by Selected Countries and Areas  Census Basis
25
Exhibit 20
U.S. Trade in Goods and Services by Selected Countries and Areas  BOP Basis
26
Exhibit 20a
U.S. Trade in Goods by Selected Countries and Areas  BOP Basis
27
Exhibit 20b
U.S. Trade in Services by Selected Countries and Areas
  28
Information on Goods and Services 
A-1
	

   


CB 15-135 | BEA 15-37 | FT-900 (15-06)
NOTE: All statistics referenced are seasonally adjusted; statistics are on a balance of payments basis unless otherwise specified. Additional statistics, including not 
seasonally adjusted statistics and details for goods on a Census basis, are available in Exhibits 1-20b of this release. For information on data sources, definitions, and 
scheduled release dates through December 2015, see the information section on page A-1 of this release. The next release is September 3, 2015.

NOTE: For definitions of goods on a balance of payments basis, goods on a Census basis, and net balance of payments adjustments, see the information 
section on page A-1 of this release.




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