Monthly Trade Highlights
September 2004 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
| |
September 2004 (Billions of $) |
August 2004 (Billions of $) |
Percent Change from
Prior Month |
Last time the Increase/Decrease
in Percent Change was larger/When it Occured |
| Goods and Services |
| Balance |
-$51.6 |
-$53.5 |
3.7% |
8.1% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Exports |
$97.5 |
$96.7 |
0.8% |
3.0% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Imports |
$149.0 |
$150.2 |
-0.8% |
-1.1% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Goods (BOP Basis) |
| Balance |
-$55.6 |
-$57.0 |
2.5% |
7.4% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Exports |
$68.9 |
$68.0 |
1.4% |
4.3% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Imports |
$124.5 |
$125.0 |
-0.4% |
-1.3% from June 2004 to July 2004 |
Dollar Change From Prior Month
| |
September 2004 (Billions of $) |
August 2004 (Billions of $) |
Dollar Change From
Prior Month |
Last time the Increase/Decrease
in Dollar Change was larger/When it Occured |
Goods and Services |
| Balance |
-$51.6 |
-$53.5 |
$2.0 |
$4.5 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Exports |
$97.5 |
$96.7 |
$0.8 |
$2.8 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Imports |
$149.0 |
$150.2 |
-$1.2 |
-$1.6 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Goods (BOP Basis) |
| Balance |
-$55.6 |
-$57.0 |
$1.4 |
$4.4 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Exports |
$68.9 |
$68.0 |
$0.9 |
$2.8 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
| Imports |
$124.5 |
$125.0 |
-$0.5 |
-$1.6 from June 2004 to July 2004 |
- September exports of goods and services ($97.5
billion) and September exports of goods ($68.9 billion) were records.
- September imports of goods and services ($149.0 billion) and September
imports of goods ($124.5 billion) were the second highest on record.
The records occurred in August 2004 - goods and services ($150.2 billion)
and goods ($125.0 billion).
Goods on a Census Basis (seasonally adjusted)
Deficit
- The September petroleum deficit ($13.9 billion) was the second highest
on record. The record occurred in August 2004 ($14.4 billion).
Exports
- September exports of $70.2 billion were a record.
- September exports of industrial supplies and materials ($17.5 billion)
were a record.
- September exports of consumer goods ($8.8 billion) were a record.
- September exports of automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($7.7
billion) were the second highest on record. The record occurred in
August 2004 ($7.8 billion).
Imports
- September imports of non-petroleum products ($109.0 billion) were
a record.
- September imports of automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($19.4
billion) were a record.
- September imports of capital goods ($29.5 billion) were the highest
since December 2000 ($29.9 billion).
Country and other highlights (Census Basis, not seasonally adjusted)
- The September deficit with China ($15.5 billion) and September imports
from China ($18.4 billion) were records.
- September exports to Hong Kong ($1.4 billion) were a record.
- September imports from South Korea ($4.4 billion) were a record.
- The September import average price per barrel of crude oil ($37.62)
was a record.
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