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U.S. Goods Trade Balance
U.S. goods trade balance with the world, trailing 12 months, $ billions
−$1.12T in Aug 2026−$96B since Aug 2021
Reading overdue·Data to Aug 2026
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The gap between what the U.S. exports and imports in goods over a year. Services trade, where the U.S. runs a surplus, is not included.
What this chart reads
- US goods trade balance (12 months)as “U.S. goods balance”behindlatest 2026-08-01
Sources
US goods trade balance (12 months). Source: Palanor pulls this series from the FRED API nightly. The underlying data is the monthly merchandise trade balance from the OECD's International Merchandise Trade Statistics, summed over the trailing twelve months.
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