Wednesday, November 10, 2010
[IWS] BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2010 [10 November 2010]
IWS Documented News Service
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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 September 2010 [10 November 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad0910.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0910.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad0910.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0910_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 September exports of $154.1 billion and imports of $198.1 billion resulted
in a goods and services deficit of $44.0 billion, down from $46.5 billion in August, revised.
September exports were $0.5 billion more than August exports of $153.6 billion. September imports
were $2.0 billion less than August imports of $200.1 billion.
In September, the goods deficit decreased $2.2 billion from August to $56.9 billion, and the services
surplus increased $0.2 billion to $12.9 billion. Exports of goods were virtually unchanged at $107.6
billion, and imports of goods decreased $2.2 billion to $164.4 billion. Exports of services increased
$0.5 billion to $46.5 billion, and imports of services increased $0.3 billion to $33.7 billion.
The goods and services deficit increased $8.8 billion from September 2009 to September 2010. Exports
were up $19.9 billion, or 14.8 percent, and imports were up $28.8 billion, or 17.0 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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