The U.S. Census Bureau released its Merchandise Trade data numbers on May 11th for March 2011. The Merchandise Trade balance widened from a deficit of $47 billion in February to a deficit of $54.9 billion in March. Both imports and exports hit record highs for the year, up 18% and 19% respectively from March 2010.

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 March's data; here are the highlights:

1. Weaker Dollar
2. Oil Prices Rise
3. Trade Relations with China

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