Many congressional offices find it occasionally useful to review the significance of foreign trade, especially exports, in the economies of their States or some region of special interest to them. This report is designed to provide an overview of what information is available, evaluate its usefulness, and explain how to obtain existing data.,CRS 84-588 E,"April 2, 1984.",SuDoc# LC 14. 18/3

International trade may consist of goods and services. This table shows the value of merchandise historically traded between the United States and Japan as collected by the Bureau of the Census, from original documentation processed by the Customs Service. The balance of trade reflects the surplus or deficit resulting from a comparison of a country's exports and imports of merchandise only. The balance of trade does not include other items such as services and capital movements which are accounted for in the balance of payments.,CRS 87-304 E,"April 7, 1987.",SuDoc# LC 14. 18/3