"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.

At $6.49 billion, it is the smallest gap between imports and exports in more than six years.

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

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

Buyers were also given the freedom to choose between domestic goods and imports.

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

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

The trade figures measure the difference between imports and exports, one of the main economic barometers.

The player must also strike a balance between imports, exports and taxes to keep his town financially strong.