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Balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports of goods over a certain time period. [1] Sometimes services are also considered but the official IMF definition only considers goods. The balance of trade measures a flow variable of exports and imports over a given period of time. The notion of the ...
The visible trade balance (merchandise trade balance) is that part of the balance of trade figures that refers to international trade in physical goods, but not trade in services; it thus contrasts with the invisible balance. The balance is calculated as the value of visible exports less the value of visible imports.
The following table shows the value of total annual merchandise exports and imports, expressed in millions of United States dollars (current prices), and the resulting trade balance, according to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), [2] World Trade Organization (WTO), [3] and World Bank (WB). [4] [5] [6]
Merchandise exports are goods that are produced in one country and sold to another country. Only physical objects are counting under this kind of exports. For example, cars, clothing, machinery, and agricultural products are merchandise exports. Exports of services are excluded.
Called the “balance of payments,” this measure of the U.S. economy’s transactions with the rest of the world includes the trade balance as well as things like the buying and selling of ...
World map by trade as a share of GDP. [1]This is the list of countries by trade-to-GDP ratio, i.e. the sum of exports and imports of goods and services, divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage, based on the data published by World Bank.
Visible trade recorded imports and exports of physical goods (entries for trade in physical goods excluding services is now often called the merchandise balance). Invisible trade would record international buying and selling of services, and sometimes would be grouped with transfer and factor income as invisible earnings. [27]
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