U.S. trade deficit in December 2010 rose to $40.6 billion

/IRBIS, February 14, 2011/ - A negative balance of trade the United States in December 2010 increased compared with the revised value for November 2010 and totaled $ 40.58 billion Such data published on February 11 Ministry of Commerce of the country (United States Department of Commerce). In November 2010 the negative balance of U.S. trade balance, according to revised data, totaled $ 38.32 billion reported earlier that the deficit totaled $ 38.3 billion. In December 2010 the volume of U.S. imports totaled $ 203.55 billion (2.6% compared to November 2010), exports - $ 162.96 billion (1.8%). In this case, at an annual rate of U.S. imports grew by 12.8%, while exports from the U.S. - by 13.7%. [2011-02-14]