U.S. Imports and Exports by Area
Go to the table of contents for data found in the Economic Report of the President. Click on the table for U.S. international trade in goods by area.
Questions:
- Report the data in a table with 3 columns: "Area", "Exports", and "Imports" Then for each row of your table you will list an area (such as Euro area or Canada), the most recent levels of U.S. exports to and U.S. imports from that area.
- Which regions provide a trade surplus for the United States?
- What is the value of U.S. net exports to Japan?
Solutions:
- The following table is based on data from the first 3 quarters of 2006 at annual rates (in millions of dollars).
- During the first 3 quarters of 2006, none of these regions provided a trade surplus for the U.S.
- Net exports to Japan were estimated to be equal to -88,887 million in 2006.
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