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Germany is the only economy shown with a positive balance of merchandise trade. I presume China has a positive balance and, from the pdf, Japan certainly does. Canada seems to be the only country that is close to balance on merchandise trade. Does merchandise include mining and agricultural products? I would think so.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 12:43:26 AM EST
Yes. It's all goods, except

Goods to be excluded in the detailed international trade statistics:

- Monetary gold, direct transit trade, temporary imports and exports, transactions in second-hand ships and aircraft, stores and bunkers for ships and aircraft; goods treated as part of trade in services; goods for repair.

From Definitions (pdf).

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jan 28th, 2010 at 02:39:18 AM EST
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