merchandise trade balance
1trade balance — noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country s imports and exports of merchandise a nation s balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports • Syn: ↑balance of trade, ↑visible balance, ↑trade gap • Hypernyms:… …
2trade balance — The difference between a nation s imports and exports of merchandise. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Overall result of a country s exports. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * trade balance trade balance ➔ balance of trade * * * ► See… …
3trade balance — difference in value between merchandise which is exported from a state to the value of merchandise which is imported in exchange …
4Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960–90) — In its balance of payments accounts, Japan has traditionally run a deficit in services. Trade in services includes transportation (freight and passenger fares), insurance, travel expenditures, royalties, licensing fees, and income from… …
5Trade policy of Japan — Export policiesFor many years, export promotion was a large issue in Japanese government policy. Government officials recognized that Japan needed to import to grow and develop, and it needed to generate exports to pay for those imports. After… …
6Balance of trade — Net flow of goods (exports minus imports) between countries. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * balance of trade ˌbalance of ˈtrade noun [singular] ECONOMICS 1. the part of a country s balance of payments that relates to the value of… …
7balance of trade — net flow of goods (exports minus imports) between two countries. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The difference between a country s imports and exports. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * balance of trade ˌbalance of ˈtrade noun [singular] …
8balance of payments — Spain s balance of payments shows the usual cycle of oscillations between surplus years and deficit years. From the early 1960s to the early 1970s there was generally a surplus. But Spain s dependence on imported oil changed the situation… …
9balance of trade — noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country s imports and exports of merchandise a nation s balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports • Syn: ↑trade balance, ↑visible balance, ↑trade gap • Hypernyms:… …
10trade gap — noun the difference in value over a period of time of a country s imports and exports of merchandise a nation s balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports • Syn: ↑balance of trade, ↑trade balance, ↑visible balance •… …
