Learn what a trade surplus is, how to calculate it, and explore the countries leading with the highest trade surpluses for better economic understanding.

Ambassador Julie Callahan is the chief ag negotiator at the U.S. Trade Representative, and she reports positive momentum toward rebuilding trade agreements equating to a positive U.S. ag trade balance ...

Japan’s current account surplus in fiscal 2022 shrank 54 percent from the previous year as the trade deficit hit a record high due to the weaker yen and a spike in energy prices.

Posts $324m deficit in April against $1.134bn surplus in March; Food, luxury imports major contributors to widening gap.

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...

Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen ...

Canada’s merchandise trade balance swung to a surplus in March as higher crude oil prices and surging demand for gold drove a sharp jump in exports while imports declined, data showed on Tuesday.

(Corrects to show the deficit widened, not narrowed, in the first bullet) JAKARTA, May 22 (Reuters) - Indonesia booked a current account deficit of $4 billion in the first quarter of 2026, equal to 1.

Exports remained robust, with chip exports rising 44% amid strong demand for artificial intelligence-related products.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that Indonesia's trade balance in August 2025 experienced a surplus of US$5.49 billion. This figure is slightly higher compared to the previous ...

Facts around the balance of imports and exports under President Trump and his tariffs can seem impossibly contradictory. For example, the trade deficit during the last 14 months of President Biden's ...