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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 January 2012 [9 March 2012]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/trad0112.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/pdf/trad0112.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/xls/trad0112.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/pdf/trad0112_fax.pdf

and

2011 ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS--

2011 TRADE GAP IS $560.0 BILLION [9 March 2012]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2012/pdf/trad0112annual_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 January exports of $180.8 billion and imports of

$233.4 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $52.6 billion, up from $50.4

billion in December, revised.  January exports were $2.6 billion more than December exports of

$178.2 billion.  January imports were $4.7 billion more than December imports of $228.7 billion.

In January, the goods deficit increased $2.4 billion from December to $67.5 billion, and the

services surplus increased $0.3 billion from December to $14.9 billion.  Exports of goods

increased $1.9 billion to $128.6 billion, and imports of goods increased $4.3 billion to $196.1

billion.  Exports of services increased $0.7 billion to $52.2 billion, and imports of services

increased $0.4 billion to $37.3 billion.

The goods and services deficit increased $5.0 billion from January 2011 to January 2012.  Exports

were up $12.9 billion, or 7.7 percent, and imports were up $18.0 billion, or 8.4 percent.

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

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