The U.S. goods and services trade deficit was $65.0 billion in July, up $1.3 billion from $63.7 billion in June, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday.
In July:
- Exports were $251.7 billion, up $3.9 billion from June.
- Imports were $316.7 billion, up $5.2 billion from June.
- The increase in the goods and services deficit reflected an increase in the goods deficit of $2.0 billion to $90.0 billion and an increase in the services surplus of $0.7 billion to $25.0 billion.
In July, the largest surplus with another nation, $4.5 billion, was with the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the largest deficit was more than five times that amount: a $24.0 billion deficit with China, a $1.2 billion increase from June. Exports to China increased $0.4 billion to $11.1 billion in July; imports increased $1.6 billion to $35.1 billion.
Thus, while the total U.S. deficit worldwide increased by $1.3 billion in July, the deficit with China alone increased $1.2 billion.
Other notable July deficits were recorded with the European Union ($17.3 billion) and Mexico ($12.8 billion).
In the second quarter of this year, the deficit with China was $65.8 billion. Other significant second-quarter deficits included Mexico ($42.1 billion), the European Union ($30.1 billion), Vietnam ($24.8 billion), Germany ($22.3 billion), Japan ($16.5 billion), Italy ($12.2 billion), India ($11.6 billion), South Korea ($11.2 billion) and Taiwan ($10.6 billion).
Second-quarter results show surpluses of $20.9 billion with South and Central America and $15.5 billion with the Netherlands.
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