Instruction to obtain trade data

1. Step-by-step Instruction
To Obtain Trade Data
from U.S. Department of Commerce
Dr. Ryoichi Sakano
North Carolina A&T State University

2. Overview
• The U.S. Department of Commerce provides
U.S. imports and exports volume with trading
partner country.
• The data are available monthly from 1985 to
current year.
Go to http://www.census.gov/foreign-
trade/balance/

3. “U.S. Trade in Goods by Country”
at U.S. Census

4. Select a country from the list. For
example, I choose Argentina.

5. Exports and Imports by Month &
Annual Total
2017
Trade
Data
Total amounts of imports and exports with Argentina in 2017 (up to June)