Economic data

U.S. trade in goods with the World: exports minus imports, million US dollars on a nominal basis, not seasonally adjusted, as the Census Bureau prints the balance (from January 1987). Release times and vintages are unknown.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods with World, Not Seasonally Adjusted (https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0015.html), through 2026-09, accessed 2026-11-09. Reformatted by Statistics of the World.

Reuse terms: Public domain (work of the U.S. Government, 17 U.S.C. 105). Effective resale permission: permitted under the provider terms.

Series-wide coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-09-01. SOTW publication: 2026-11-09T16:38:03.446675+00:00.

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  "unit": "million USD",
  "concept": "Goods trade balance with the World: exports minus imports, nominal US dollars",
  "dataset": "U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division: Trade in Goods with World, Not Seasonally Adjusted (c0015)",
  "selection": {
    "area": "World",
    "flows": "Balance column (exports minus imports)",
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  },
  "basis_note": "The page does not state its basis. The Census Bureau compiles its country and area series on a Census basis (total exports, general imports); the FT-900 headline goods balance is on a balance-of-payments basis and seasonally adjusted, and is not this series.",
  "rights_url": "https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#105",
  "status_rule": "The page flags no month as preliminary or revised; finality and revision stage are unknown.",
  "balance_rule": "The Census Bureau printed balance, kept as published. Each month must equal exports minus imports within 0.1 (the page notes details may not equal totals due to rounding); each year TOTAL row must equal the sum of its months within 0.05 per month plus 0.05.",
  "rights_scope": "A work of the U.S. Government, not subject to copyright in the United States (17 U.S.C. 105): reuse, redistribution and resale allowed; credit the Census Bureau.",
  "source_updated": {
    "latest_period": "2026-09",
    "months_listed_newest_year": 9,
    "actual_source_availability_at": null,
    "original_publisher_release_at": null
  },
  "admitted_history": "Every published month from 1987-01",
  "seasonal_adjustment": "not seasonally adjusted",
  "native_values_recomputed": false,
  "seasonal_adjustment_basis": "The page states \"not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified\" and specifies nothing else.",
  "private_raw_source_bodies_publicly_redistributed": false
}