The U.S. Census Bureau released its Merchandise Trade data numbers on April 11th for February 2011. The Merchandise Trade balance improved by 16% from January to February of this year. Imports to the U.S. increased 16.76% from February 2010 to February 2011 and exports increased 17.17% in the same time period.

Below is an in-depth breakdown of the U.S. Census Merchandise Trade data. This month we have highlighted 3 interesting items that we found while looking at February's data; here are the highlights:

1. Decreased imports from China
2. Surge in exports to Mid East and North Africa
3. Computer imports dip

Click here for Zepol's U.S. Census Merchandise Trade Data Update for February 2011