Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
trade balance
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The trade balance figures exclude sales of ships and oil rigs.
▪ The trade balance in 1989 showed a deficit of US$282,000,000.
▪ The trade balance measures the flow of goods in and out of the country.
▪ The trade balance was reported as a deficit of US$3,230 million.
▪ The numbers are preliminary until the government unveils its official trade balance results for December on Feb. 8.
Wiktionary
trade balance
n. (context economics English) The balance of trade.
WordNet
trade balance
n. the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports" [syn: balance of trade, visible balance, trade gap]