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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES March 2010 [12 May 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad0310.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0310.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad0310.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0310_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 March exports of $147.9 billion and imports of $188.3 billion

resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.4 billion, up from $39.4 billion in February,

revised.  March exports were $4.6 billion more than February exports of $143.3 billion.  March

imports were $5.6 billion more than February imports of $182.7 billion.

 

In March, the goods deficit increased $1.8 billion from February to $52.9 billion, and the

services surplus increased $0.8 billion to $12.5 billion. Exports of goods increased $4.2 billion

to $102.7 billion, and imports of goods increased $6.0 billion to $155.6 billion.  Exports of

services increased $0.4 billion to $45.2 billion, and imports of services decreased $0.4 billion

to $32.7 billion.

 

The goods and services deficit increased $11.6 billion from March 2009 to March 2010.  Exports

were up $25.0 billion, or 20.4 percent, and imports were up $36.6 billion, or 24.2 percent.

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

 

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