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The United States Trade Deficit From 2000 To 2018

In 2018, the United States had a trade deficit of 621.04 billion. The trade deficit is the result of exporting goods and services worth about $2.5 trillion while importing goods and services worth about $3.12 trillion.

To identify the United States’ trade deficit from 2000 to 2018, CEOWORLD magazine studied the U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December 2018 report provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The data below shows the total value of the United States’ trade deficit from 2000 to 2018.

United States’ trade deficit from 2000 to 2018:

  • 2018: $621.04 billion
  • 2017: $552.28 billion
  • 2016: $502 billion
  • 2015: $500.45 billion
  • 2014: $490.18 billion
  • 2013: $461.88 billion
  • 2012: $536.77 billion
  • 2011: $548.63 billion
  • 2010: $494.66 billion
  • 2009: $383.77 billion
  • 2008: $708.73 billion
  • 2007: $705.38 billion
  • 2006: $761.72 billion
  • 2005: $714.25 billion
  • 2004: $609.88 billion
  • 2003: $493.89 billion
  • 2002: $418.96 billion
  • 2001: $361.51 billion
  • 2000: $372.52 billion

Full data: Total value of international U.S. imports of goods and services, exports of goods and services, and trade balance from 2000 to 2018.

YearExports (trillion U.S. dollars)Imports (trillion U.S. dollars)Trade Deficit (billion U.S. dollars)
20182.53.12-621.04
20172.352.9-552.28
20162.222.72-502
20152.262.76-500.45
20142.382.87-490.18
20132.292.76-461.88
20122.222.76-536.77
20112.132.68-548.63
20101.852.35-494.66
20091.581.97-383.77
20081.842.55-708.73
20071.652.36-705.38
20061.462.22-761.72
20051.292-714.25
20041.161.77-609.88
20031.021.51-493.89
20020.981.4-418.96
20011.011.37-361.51
20001.081.45-372.52


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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj, Ph.D., DBA
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