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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-- November 2011 [13 January 2012]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/trad1111.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/pdf/trad1111.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/xls/trad1111.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/pdf/trad1111_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 November exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $225.6

billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.8 billion, up from $43.3 billion in

October, revised.  November exports were $1.5 billion less than October exports of $179.4

billion.  November imports were $2.9 billion more than October imports of $222.6 billion.

In November, the goods deficit increased $4.6 billion from October to $63.2 billion, and the

services surplus increased $0.1 billion from October to $15.4 billion.  Exports of goods

decreased $1.5 billion to $126.6 billion, and imports of goods increased $3.1 billion to

$189.7 billion.  Exports of services were virtually unchanged at $51.3 billion, and imports

of services decreased $0.2 billion to $35.9 billion.

The goods and services deficit increased $8.9 billion from November 2010 to November 2011.

Exports were up $16.6 billion, or 10.3 percent, and imports were up $25.5 billion, or 12.7

percent.

AND MUCH MORE...including CHARTS & TABLES....

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