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Balance of Trade

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
trade balancetrade gap
plural
Balance of Trades
possessive
Balance of Trade's
pluralpossessive
Balance of Trades'