NEW YORK, Jan. 8 -- U.S. trade deficit in goods and services in October 2025 saw a month-on-month decrease for the third consecutive month in a row and reached the lowest monthly trade gap since June 2009, according to data issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday.

Driven by higher exports and lower imports in goods, the United States posted a 29.4 billion U.S.-dollar trade deficit in October 2025, down 39 percent from the previous month.

In particular, U.S. exports of goods and services grew 2.6 percent month on month to 302 billion dollars, while the imports of goods and services shrank 3.2 percent to 331.4 billion dollars.

U.S. exports of non-monetary gold and other precious metals increased by 6.8 billion dollars and 3...