The export of American goods has fallen most of them since 2020, when Trump’s tariff has been disrupted

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American goods exports fell in May with their most severe rate since the Coronverus virus crisis in 2020, when commercial partners reduced the purchases of American goods in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff.

Exports amounted to 179.2 billion dollars in May, when it decreased 9.7 billion dollars – or 5.2 percent – from the number of the previous month, according to the data of the Statistical Office issued on Thursday. This represents a reflection of an increase of 3.5 percent in April.

Economists said that the numbers were among the latest to show the distortion in the trade caused by the anticipation and execution of the announcement of the US President on April 2 to take. Definitions On commercial partners. Some of the harshest Trump were stopped, but others, including a 10 percent global tariff, have come into effect. There are also many other definitions of the sector, including on the main industrial metals.

“Exports have achieved a good tour in recent months, which is likely to reflect some concern abroad that foreign governments will carry out a retaliatory tariff for American products,” said James Knightley, Engeli’s chief economist in Inge.

“Amid the phase of the escalation of the customs tariff story, we now see a little relaxation in both imports and exports-but also because the warehouses are probably full with companies that have provided stock construction.”

The most severe decrease in May Exports data for industrial supplies was. The category, which includes shipments of crude oil and industrial minerals, decreased by 13.6 percent last month after a 16 percent increase in April. Vehicle exports, which fell more than five in April, increased by 3.5 percent.

Economists have also warned that unusually normalizing large gold exports in April may be to determine the latest data.

In May, imports were fixed, which resulted in the expansion of international commercial commodities more expectations by Wall Street economists to $ 96.6 billion. But this follows them The largest monthly decrease in April The fees also prompted companies to slow shipping to the largest economy in the world.

Instead, companies based the stocks that were built in the rush to buy foreign goods before the customs duties entered into force.

Joe Prussuelaas, an economist at RSM US Consulting, said commercial data will remain very volatile “so that clarity can be re -established regarding the level of definitions that come out of the United States.”