trade surplus

noun

finance

: a situation in which a country sells more to other countries than it buys from other countries : the amount of money by which a country's exports are greater than its imports

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Data out in November from Ireland’s statistics agency, the CSO, show Ireland’s biggest goods trade surplus in 2023 was with the U.S., with which Dublin had a trading surplus of 31 billion euros over the period. —Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025

Germany's trade surplus with the U.S. grew to 70 billion euros last year from 63.3 billion in 2023, the statistics office said. —Associated Press, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025

This is despite the outcome of the trade war with China during his first administration that expanded China’s trade surplus with the US between 2018, when the tariffs began, and 2021. —Richard Lawler, The Verge, 28 Jan. 2025

Indeed, create a trade surplus by creating a marketplace first. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for trade surplus

• surplice