June 2018 monthly values are actual and compared with June 2017.

• Goods exports rose $217 million (4.6 percent) to $4.9 billion. This was a new high for a June month, with the previous high in the same month a year ago ($4.7 billion).

• Goods imports rose $573 million (13 percent) to $5.0 billion, a new high for a June month, with the previous high in June 2017.

• The monthly trade balance was a deficit of $113 million (2.3 percent of exports).

• This is the second deficit for a June month in the last decade.