1. During these three years there was also a sharp deterioration in Britain's balance of trade, not assisted by her annual average deficit on her trade account with the EEC of some £10 billion. (BNCI)
2. They depend on the current and anticipated future state of the balance of trade, the rate of inflation, the current and anticipated levels of interest rates in other major trading countries, the price of oil, and so on.(BNCI)
3. When the amount exported exceeds the amount imported the country is said to have a favourable balance of trade or a trade surplus.(BNCI)