The continued increase in imports provides one reason for concern.
But the result has been a sharp increase in imports.
They are an increase in imports and a decline in unemployment.
The biggest factor in the decline was a strong increase in imports, which grew 13.2percentt.
Meanwhile, southern Europe saw a sharp increase in imports from low-wage countries.
The increase in imports suggested that American businesses and consumers were growing more confident about spending.
The trade deficit widened but largely because of an increase in imports.
According to US customs, there has been a 145% increase in imports of Syrian cultural property and a 61% increase in imports of Iraqi cultural property between 2011 and 2013, suggesting that illicit trade is piggybacking on the legal trade.
If that proves true, the result could be an increase in imports to China while its exports recover less briskly.
The increase in imports reflected mostly $4.3 billion more for industrial supplies and materials and $1.2 billion in capital goods.
It is not based on prices, although, of course, competitive prices are probably required to sustain an increase in imports.
