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The amount by which the value of a country's exports exceeds that of its imports.
‘A lower net export surplus cut two-tenths of a percentage point off growth, the first such subtraction in two years.’
‘During these years, it was imperative that India generated an export surplus with the rest of the world in order to pay her sterling obligations.’
‘Each year, the continent generates an export surplus of approximately five million tons.’
‘Unlike the preceding twenty-six years, during which export revenues were used to pay for imports, in 1997 and 1998 countries needed an export surplus to finance capital flight.’
‘The Chinese run an export surplus with the US, receive reserve assets in exchange, and then allow domestic credit to increase on the base these provide.’