International trade in goods deficit widens to $87.6B in August

Advance International Trade in Goods
The international trade deficit was $87.6 billion in August, up $0.8 billion from $86.8 billion in July. Exports of goods for August were $149.0 billion, $1.1 billion more than July exports. Imports of goods for August were $236.6 billion, $1.9 billion more than July imports.

Advance Wholesale Inventories
Wholesale inventories for August, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $731.0 billion, up 1.2 percent (±0.2 percent) from July 2021, and were up 12.3 percent (±1.2 percent) from August 2020. The June 2021 to July 2021 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent).

Advance Retail Inventories
Retail inventories for August, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $603.3 billion, up 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent)* from July 2021, and were up 2.3 percent (±0.7 percent) from August 2020. The June 2021 to July 2021 percentage change was unrevised from the preliminary estimate of up 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent).