Photo: Shipping containers at the port in Long Beach, California. Photographer: Lauren Justice/Bloomberg Shipping containers at the port in Long Beach, California. Photographer: Lauren Justice/Bloomberg

The U.S. trade deficit widened in April to the largest in six months as exports declined by the most since the start of the pandemic and imports picked up.

The shortfall in goods and services trade grew by $14 billion, or 23 percent from a month earlier, to $74.6 billion, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday. The figures aren’t adjusted for inflation. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a widening to $75.8 billion.

The value of goods and services exports fell by 3.6 percent, the most since April 2020, to $249 billion, while imports rose 1.5 percent to $323.6 billion. The drop in outbound shipments was relatively broad and included declines in industrial supplies. Exports of capital goods and consumer merchandise also decreased.

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