How to Use trade surplus in a Sentence

trade surplus

noun

• Japan had a trade surplus with the U.S. and some European countries.
  — Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
• Its trade surplus in these goods is equal to a tenth of the entire Chinese economy.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 14 May 2024
• The flow of trade Arizona enjoys a sizable trade surplus with Ireland.
  — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
• For instance, China could not have achieved its current $800 billion trade surplus in goods if the United States did not have a large trade deficit.
  — Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2024
• Its global trade surplus in goods has soared and is now approaching $1 trillion.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
• The country’s global trade surplus in goods has soared in recent years and is now approaching $1 trillion.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
• The currency has lost more than a quarter of its value against the dollar this year as Moscow's trade surplus erodes and Russians move money abroad.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2023
• China’s trade surplus has tended to be fairly low in May and much higher later in the year, when its exporters supply goods for the Christmas season.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• Russia’s trade surplus has fallen sharply, with the West curbing Moscow’s ability to earn big profits by selling oil abroad.
  — WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
• The trade surplus for October was also revised higher to A$7.7 billion.
  — James Glynn, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
• Germany’s trade surplus widened a little more than expected in October as imports fell more sharply than exports.
  — Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2023
• China’s customs agency reports the country’s trade surplus for August.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 3 Sep. 2023
• Hanson accuses me of neglecting the U.S. trade surplus in services, but the reality is those surpluses offset only a fifth of the $1.2 trillion goods deficit.
  — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024
• South Korea posted a decline in exports for the 10th consecutive month in July on sluggish global demand but maintained a trade surplus, largely on a plunge in imports.
  — Kwanwoo Jun, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
• That revenue, coupled with a collapse in what Russia could import because of sanctions, pushed the country into a record trade surplus — meaning what Russia earned from sales to other countries far outweighed its purchases abroad.
  — David McHugh, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
• China’s trade surplus in manufactured goods already represents a tenth of the entire economy’s output.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• China boasts the world’s largest financial reserves, trade surplus, economy measured by purchasing power parity, and navy measured by number of ships.
  — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2021
• China’s best chance at maintaining economic growth may be to expand further its trade surplus in manufactured goods, which already represents a tenth of the entire country’s economy.
  — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• European leaders have pushed back against China’s surge in manufacturing capacity, its massive trade surplus and its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  — Alberto Nardelli, Fortune Asia, 24 Apr. 2024
• As America’s trade surplus began turning into a deficit, financiers began anticipating its demise.
  — Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• China’s trade surplus will persist until its domestic demand meaningfully grows or investment growth slows significantly.
  — Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024