balance of trade

English

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Noun

balance of trade (usually uncountable, plural balances of trade)

1. (economics, trading) The difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time.

Synonyms

• trade balance

Translations

difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time

• Catalan: balança comercial (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貿易差額 / 贸易差额 (màoyì chā'é)

• Danish: handelsbalance c
• Dutch: handelsbalans (nl) f
• Finnish: kauppatase (fi)
• French: balance commerciale (fr) f
• Georgian: სავაჭრო ბალანსი (savač̣ro balansi)
• German: Handelsbilanz (de) f
• Gujarati: વ્યાપારતુલા f (vyāpārtulā), વેપારતુલા f (vepārtulā)
• Hindi: व्यापार संतुलन m (vyāpār santulan), व्यापारतुला f (vyāpārtulā)
• Hungarian: kereskedelmi mérleg (hu)
• Indonesian: neraca perdagangan (id), neraca ekspor-impor
• Italian: bilancia commerciale f
• Japanese: 貿易収支 (ja) (bōeki shūshi)
• Kazakh: сауда теңгерімі (sauda teñgerımı)
• Malay: imbangan perdagangan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: handelsbalanse m

  Nynorsk: handelsbalanse m

• Polish: bilans handlowy m
• Romanian: balanță comercială (ro) f
• Russian: торго́вый бала́нс (ru) m (torgóvyj baláns)
• Spanish: balanza comercial (es) f
• Thai: ดุลการค้า (th)
• Ukrainian: торгове́льний бала́нс m (torhovélʹnyj baláns)

See also

• trade deficit
• trade surplus