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English: United States Balance of Trade, 1960–2009. Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt
Green dots: Positive trade balance
Red dots: Negative trade balance (i.e., trade deficit)
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This W3C-unspecified plot was created with Matplotlib.
Author Morn the Gorn
Other versions
Same data, but plotted for 1980 to 2009 only
Same source, plotted 1980 to 2010

Code

Made with Matplotlib:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from pylab import *
rc('xtick.major', pad=8)

#from https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt:
d = (3.508,  4.195,  3.370,  4.210,  6.022,  4.664,  2.939,  2.604,  0.250,  0.091,  2.254,  -1.302,  -5.443,  1.900,  -4.293,  12.404,  -6.082,  -27.246,  -29.763,  -24.565,  -19.407,  -16.172,  -24.156,  -57.767,  -109.072,  -121.880,  -138.538,  -151.684,  -114.566,  -93.141,  -80.864,  -31.135,  -39.212,  -70.311,  -98.493,  -96.384,  -104.065,  -108.273,  -166.140,  -264.239,  -378.780,  -364.393,  -420.524,  -494.183,  -609.345,  -714.176,  -759.240,  -702.099,  -698.802,  -374.908)

start, end = 1960, 2009
y = range(start, end+1)

f = figure(figsize=(8.5, 5.5))
ax = f.add_axes((.13, .18, .8, .75))
plot(y, d, 'b-', lw = 1.5)
for a, b in zip(y, d):
	if b > 0:
		plot([a], [b], 'go', ms = 3.5, mec = 'g')
	else:
		plot([a], [b], 'ro', ms = 3.5, mec = 'r')
grid(ls='-', alpha=.4)

xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Billions USD')
title('U.S. Trade Balance')

text(2010, -950, 'Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division', va = 'bottom', ha = 'right' , size = 10)

axis((1960, 2010, -800, 100))
savefig("US Trade Balance 1960 2009.svg")

show()

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