Country X-2013 Transactions (billions of dollars)

-In the above table, the merchandise trade balance for Country X is ________ billion dollars.

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Country X-2013 Transactions (billions of dollars)
 
-In the above table, the merchandise trade balance for Country X is ________ billion dollars.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To calculate merchandise trade balance, we need to subtract total imports from total exports. Looking at the table, we can see that total exports are 250 and total imports are 400, therefore the merchandise trade balance for Country X is -150 billion dollars.

Country X-2013 Transactions (Billions of Dollars)