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Monthly Trade Highlights

July 2015 Press Highlights

This page shows the Balance, Exports and Imports for the current month and prior month, along with the percent change and dollar change between the two. The last column of the table shows the last time the percent change (or dollar change) was larger. Some interesting facts about this month's International Trade in Goods and Services report can be found at the bottom of the page.

Goods and Services on a Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis, seasonally adjusted - series began with January 1992 statistics.

All Values in billions of dollars

Percent Change from Prior Month

  July 2015 (Billions of $) June 2015 (Billions of $) Percent Change from Prior Month Last time the Increase/Decrease in Percent Change was larger/When it Occured
Goods and Services
Balance -$41.9
-$45.2 -7.4%

-19.0% March 2015 - April 2015

Exports $188.5 $187.7 0.4% -1.3% March 2015 - April 2015
Imports $230.4 $232.9 -1.1%

-3.2% March 2015 - April 2015

Goods (BOP Basis)
Balance

-$61.4

-$64.8 -5.2% -13.5% March 2015 - April 2015
Exports $128.2 $127.5 0.5%

-1.7% March 2015 - April 2015

Imports $189.6 $192.4 -1.4% -3.7% March 2015 - April 2015

 

Dollar Change From Prior Month

  July 2015 (Billions of $) June 2015 (Billions of $) Dollar Change From Prior Month Last time the Increase/Decrease in Dollar Change was larger/When it Occured
Goods and Services
Balance -$41.9
-$45.2 -$3.3

$9.9 March 2015 - April 2015

Exports $188.5 $187.7 $0.8 $2.4 March 2015 - April 2015
Imports $230.4 $232.9

-$2.5

-$7.5 March 2015 - April 2015
Goods (BOP Basis)
Balance

-$61.4

-$64.8 $3.4 $9.6 March 2015 - April 2015
Exports $128.2 $127.5 $0.6 $2.2 March 2015 - April 2015
Imports $189.6 $192.4 -$2.7 -$7.4 March 2015 - April 2015

Goods on a Census Basis (seasonally adjusted)

Imports

  • July imports of automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($30.0 billion) were the highest on record.

Country and Other Highlights (Census Basis, not seasonally adjusted)

  • The July deficit with the European Union ($15.2 billion) was the highest on record.
  • July exports to Brazil ($2.45 billion) were the lowest since February 2010 ($2.36 billion).








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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Economic Indicators Division | ftdwebmaster@census.gov |  Last Revised: September 03, 2015