US trade deficit for goods soar 8.8% to $90.3B in December

01:34 Thu, 23 March

GEO

USD

$ 2.5754

EUR

€ 2.7778

GBP

£ 3.1644

RUB

₽ 0.0334

TRY

₺ 0.0014

AZN

₼ 0.0152

XRP

0.4250

26.Jan .2023 23:00

US trade deficit for goods soar 8.8% to $90.3B in December

316

Back

The US trade deficit for goods soared 8.8% to $90.3 billion in December 2022, according to data released by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau on Thursday.

The goods trade deficit is a rise of $7.3 billion from $82.9 billion in November, the agency said in a statement.

The figure was expected to come in at $82.9 billion last month.

Exports of goods for December were $166.8 billion, which was $2.6 billion less than November exports.

Imports of goods for the last month were $257.1 billion – $4.7 billion more than the month before.