Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Handelsbilanzsaldo

The US recorded a $67.4 billion trade gap in January 2024, the biggest in nine months, compared to an upwardly revised $63.5 billion gap in December and forecasts of $63.5 billion. Exports edged up a meager 0.1% to $257.2 billion, with sales rising for nonmonetary gold, passenger cars, consumer and capital goods, travel and financial services, but falling for crude and fuel oil. Meanwhile, imports rose 1.1% to $324.6 billion, led by passenger cars, trucks, buses, and special purpose vehicles, computer accessories, computers, semicondutors, travel and financial services, while purchases went down for crude oil, cell phones and other household goods and transport. Deficits were recorded with China ($22.9 billion), European Union ($18.1 billion) and Mexico ($12.7 billion) while trade surpluses were recorded with Netherlands ($4.1 billion), Hong Kong ($2.2 billion) and Australia ($1.6 billion).