"In foreign trade, there is a serious gap between imports and exports."

In the fourth quarter, the gap between exports and imports fell by 3.5 percent, to $28.7 billion.

For all of 1986, the imbalance between imports and exports was a record $169.8 billion.

The disparity between exports and domestic demand has become striking here.

The trade gap, the difference between imports and exports, was at its highest level since a $12.56 billion deficit in February 1988.

The first is the sheer size of the imbalance between exports and imports.

So, the correlation between jobs, exports and manufacturing is clear.

The national accounts balance shows the difference between exports and imports.

It is the relationship between a nation's imports and exports.

Trade experts say they have found a striking correlation between investment and exports.