In May 2025, timely foreign trade information reported a trade surplus of $1.029 billion. This balance compares with the $88 million deficit reported last April. The increase in the trade balance between April and May resulted from an increase in the surplus in the non-petroleum products balance—which rose from $2.783 billion in April to $3.139 billion in May—and a lower deficit in the petroleum products balance—which fell from $2.872 billion to $2.109 billion in the same comparison. For the period January-May 2025, the trade balance showed a surplus of $2.038 billion. In the same period in 2024, it recorded a ... (full story)