The year-to-date U.S. trade deficit in toys, games and sporting goods grew by 5.6 percent to $4.19 billion in February as exports of such goods dropped nearly nine times faster than imports, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Imports of toys, games and sporting goods fell 1.2 percent in February from the prior month and were running 4.2 percent behind their level of a year ago on a year-to-date, seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Census reported.
The Census Bureau estimated imports reached $4.91 billion in February, compared to $4.96 billion in January. Year-to-date through February, imports were $9.87 billion, compared to $10.3 billion for the same period in 2009.
Exports of toys, games and sporting goods reached $766 million in February, down 10.percent, or $92 million in February from, a month earlier. Year-to-date through February, however, exports reached $1.62 billion, or 1.9 percent ahead of of the comparable level a year ago.
That widened the trade deficit for the category to $2.01 billion in February from
