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Foreign Trade
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Monthly Trade Highlights
January 2010 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
| January 2010 (Billions of $) | December 2009 (Billions of $) |
Percent Change from Prior Month | Last time the Increase/Decrease in Percent Change was larger/When it Occured | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goods and Services | |||||
| Balance | -$37.3 | -$39.9 | -6.6% | -6.7% from September 2009 - October 2009 | |
| Exports | $142.7 | $143.2 | -0.3% | -1.0% from March 2009 - April 2010 | |
| Imports | $180.0 | $183.1 | -5.7% | -5.7% from January to February 2009 | |
| Goods (BOP Basis) | |||||
| Balance | -$49.4 | -$51.9 | -4.9% | -6.7% from April to May 2009 | |
| Exports | $98.4 | $99.1 | -0.7% | -3.1% from March 2009 - April 2010 | |
| Imports | $147.8 | $151.0 | -2.1% | -6.5% from January to February 2009 | |
Dollar Change From Prior Month
| January 2010 (Billions of $) | December 2009 (Billions of $) |
Dollar Change From Prior Month | Last time the Increase/Decrease in Dollar Change was larger/When it Occured | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goods and Services | |||||
| Balance | -$37.3 | -$39.9 | $2.6 | $2.7 from April to May 2009 | |
| Exports | $142.7 | $143.2 | -$0.5 |
-$1.2 from March 2009 - April 2010 | |
| Imports | $180.0 | $183.1 | -$3.1 | -$9.1 from January to February 2009 | |
| Goods (BOP Basis) | |||||
| Balance | -$49.4 | -$51.9 | $2.5 | $2.7 from April to May 2009 | |
| Exports | $98.4 | $99.1 | -$0.7 | -$2.6 from March 2009 - April 2010 | |
| Imports | $147.8 | $151.0 | -$3.2 | -$8.5 from January to February 2009 | |
Goods on a Census Basis (seasonally adjusted)
Exports
- January exports of industrial supplies and materials ($29.2 billion) were the highest since October 2008 ($31.4 billion).
Imports
- January imports of foods, feeds, and beverages ($7.2 billion) were the highest since November 2008 ($7.4 billion).
Country and other highlights (Census Basis, not seasonally adjusted)
- The January deficit with Canada ($3.9 billion) was the highest since October 2008 ($5.6 billion).
- The January deficit with the European Union ($2.80 billion) was the lowest since May 2009 ($2.77 billion).
- The January deficit with the Germany ($1.11 billion) was the lowest since September 1996 ($1.05 billion).
- January imports from China ($25.2 billion) were the lowest since June 2009 ($24.0 billion).
- The January deficit with Japan ($3.3 billion) was the lowest since May 2009 ($1.9 billion).
- The January import average price per barrel of crude oil ($73.89) was the highest since October 2008 ($91.73).
- The January quantity of crude oil imports (245 million barrels) was the lowest since February 1999 (234 million barrels).
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