Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Tweet[IWS] BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2013 [4 September 2013]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2013 [4 September 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2013/trad0713.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2013/pdf/trad0713.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2013/xls/trad0713.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2013/pdf/trad0713_fax.pdf
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 July exports of $189.4 billion and imports of $228.6 billion resulted in
a goods and services deficit of $39.1 billion, up from $34.5 billion in June, revised. July exports
were $1.1 billion less than June exports of $190.5 billion. July imports were $3.5 billion more
than June imports of $225.1 billion.
In July, the goods deficit increased $4.5 billion from June to $58.6 billion, and the services
surplus decreased $0.1 billion from June to $19.4 billion. Exports of goods decreased $1.1 billion
to $132.7 billion, and imports of goods increased $3.4 billion to $191.3 billion. Exports of
services were virtually unchanged at $56.7 billion, and imports of services increased $0.1 billion
to $37.3 billion.
The goods and services deficit decreased $4.3 billion from July 2012 to July 2013. Exports were up
$6.1 billion, or 3.3 percent, and imports were up $1.8 billion, or 0.8 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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