US more dependent on imports of foreign goods every day / US trade deficit breaks historical record

According to a reporter of Fars News Agency’s International Economics Group, quoted by راشاتودیFor the first time in US history, the US trade deficit exceeded $ 1 trillion in 2021, according to US Census Bureau estimates.

While the US trade deficit in 2020 was $ 893 billion, in 2021 it reached $ 1.80 trillion.

The US trade deficit grew by 3% in December alone, to $ 101 billion this month, the largest monthly increase ever.

Experts say that the shift of American consumers to non-domestic goods such as toys, cell phones and home appliances has led to the growth of the country’s trade balance.

Rubila Farooqi, Master of Economics, Frequency Institute Economics“High demand and a change in the attitude of American consumers during the outbreak,” he says in New York coronavirus It has boosted imports and outpaced exports, pushing the US trade deficit to its highest level in history.

Experts hope that with the improvement of the economic situation in other countries of the world, US exports will grow and the trade deficit of this country will experience an improving trend, but now they say that due to the increasing spread of the dominant strain of the virus. coronavirus in the name of امیکرون This may take a long time.

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