Just for fun, what is the deficit with Russia in this time frame?
2022 : U.S. trade in goods with Russia
NOTE: All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars on a nominal basis, not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. Table reflects only those months for which there was trade.
Month Exports Imports Balance
January 2022 396.8 1,959.4 -1,562.5
February 2022 497.5 2,577.8 -2,080.3
March 2022 101.1 2,746.3 -2,645.2
TOTAL 2022 995.4 7,283.5 -6,288.1
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html
Obviously this is backward-looking and represents one of the key drivers of Q1’s negative GDP print (net exports subtracted 3.2 percentage points from GDP, government figures showed last week).
Also of note is that the figures aren’t adjusted for inflation.
Finally, we point out that Russia’s trade surplus with US surged to 11 year highs as imports rose and exports tumbled
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/us-trade-deficit-explodes-record-high-march