The U.S. Census Bureau released its Merchandise Trade data numbers on November 10th for September 2011. The Merchandise Trade balance narrowed from a deficit of nearly $70 billion in August to a deficit of $62 billion in September.

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 September's data:

1. Imports from Japan slip
2. Exports from JFK to Hong Kong take off
3. Oil imports ease in September
   

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