trade surplus
noun [ C, usually singular ]
ECONOMICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE ukusa situation in which the value of goods that a country exports is more than the value of goods it imports, or the size of this difference:
have/run/record a trade surplus Figures indicate the country had a trade surplus of $452 million in February.
A fall in the price of grain and severe flooding impacted heavily on the country's trade surplus.
a growing/record/widening trade surplus
a merchandise trade surplus
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trade deficit