trade balance

/treɪd ˌbæləns/
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Other forms: trade balances

Definitions of trade balance
  1. noun
    the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise
    synonyms: balance of trade, trade gap, visible balance
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    type of:
    balance
    the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
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