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Monthly Trade Highlights

April 2009 Highlights

This page shows the Balance, Exports and Imports for the current month and prior month, along with the percent change and dollar change between the two. The last column of the table shows the last time the percent change (or dollar change) was larger. Some interesting facts about this month's International Trade in Goods and Services report can be found at the bottom of the page.

Goods and Services on a Balance of Payments (BOP) Basis, seasonally adjusted - series began with January 1992 statistics.

All Values in billions of dollars

Percent Change from Prior Month

  April 2009 (Billions of $)

March 2009 (Billions of $)

 Percent Change from Prior Month Last time the Increase/Decrease in Percent Change was larger/When it Occured
Goods and Services
Balance -$29.2 -$28.5 2.2% 9.4% from February to March 2009
Exports $121.1 $123.9 -2.3% -6.0% from December 2008 to January 2009
Imports $150.3 $152.5 -1.4% -5.6% from January to February 2009
Goods (BOP Basis)
Balance -$40.1 -$39.2 2.2% 5.4% from February to March 2009
Exports $80.0 $82.6 -3.1% -7.6% from December 2008 to January 2009
Imports $120.1 $121.8 -1.4% -6.5% from January to February 2009

 

Dollar Change From Prior Month

  April 2009 (Billions of $)

March 2009 (Billions of $)

 Dollar Change From Prior Month Last time the Increase/Decrease in Dollar Change was larger/When it Occured
Goods and Services
Balance -$29.2 -$28.5 -$0.6 -$2.5 from February to March 2009
Exports $121.1 $123.9 -$2.8 -$8.0 from December 2008 to January 2009
Imports $150.3 $152.5 -$2.2 -$9.0 from January to February 2009
Goods (BOP Basis)
Balance -$40.1 -$39.2 -$0.9 -$2.0 from February to March 2009
Exports $80.0 $82.6 -$2.6 -$6.7 from December 2008 to January 2009
Imports $120.1 $121.8 -$1.7 -$8.5 from January to February 2009
  • The April exports of goods and services ($121.1 billion) were the lowest since July 2006 ($119.4 billion).
  • The April imports of goods and services ($150.3 billion) were the lowest since September 2004 ($149.6 billion).
  • April exports of goods ($79.98 billion) were the lowest since January 2006 ($79.97 billion).
  • April imports of goods ($120.1 billion) were the lowest since April 2004 ($119.2 billion).

Goods on a Census Basis (seasonally adjusted)

Exports

  • April exports of goods ($80.7 billion) were the lowest since January 2006 ($80.6 billion).
  • April nonpetroleum exports ($77.7 billion) were the lowest since November 2005 ($76.0 billion).
  • April exports of industrial supplies and materials ($21.1 billion) were the lowest since February 2006 ($21.0 billion).
  • April exports of capital goods ($30.9 billion) were the lowest since October 2005 ($30.7 billion).

Imports

  • April imports of goods ($119.7 billion) were the lowest since April 2004 ($118.5 billion).
  • April imports of industrial supplies and materials ($33.8 billion) were the lowest since May 2004 ($32.7 billion).
  • April imports of capital goods ($28.6 billion) were the lowest since May 2004 ($28.1 billion).
  • April non-petroleum imports ($101.6 billion) were the lowest since February 2004 ($100.6 billion).

Country and other highlights (Census Basis, not seasonally adjusted)

  • April exports of Advanced Technology Products ($18.7 billion) were the lowest since February 2006 ($17.9 billion).
  • April exports to Japan ($3.9 billion) were the lowest since January 1994 ($3.8 billion).
  • April exports to South/Central America ($8.0 billion) were the lowest since February 2007 ($7.4 billion).

FTD Web News

2009 Constant Dollar Data
- The Census Bureau identified a processing error that caused incorrect deflators to be applied to the revised data for 2009. The data have been corrected.

2009 DATA PRODUCT CHANGES
- U.S. Census Bureau will modify the structure of several data products to accommodate changing technology and user demand.

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Source: FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233
Location: MAIN: STATISTICS:TRADE HIGHLIGHTS
Created: May 12, 2009
Last modified: 10 June 2009 at 08:32:40 AM