US Balance of Trade
Exports minus imports of goods and services each month.
−$105.05bn
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Jan 1992 to Sep 2026
Source: FRED series BOPGSTB · goods and services, seasonally adjusted (BEA/Census).
US Balance of Trade in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the US, the balance of trade fell by $45.7bn over the year to Sep 2026, from −$59.39bn in Sep 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −$132.98bn in Mar 2025 to −$37.38bn in Oct 2025.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- BEA via FRED
- Series
- BOPGSTB
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- $m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Below zero means the US buys more from abroad than it sells.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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