Secretary Gutierrez Statement on August 2008 Trade Data

São Paulo, Brazil (Oct. 10)—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the release of the August 2008 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report shows that U.S. exports in August were $164.7 billion, an increase of 15.9 percent over August 2007. Imports in August were $223.9 billion, an increase of 13.4 percent over August 2007. (More)