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English: United States Balance of Trade, 1980–2014. Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt
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from pylab import *

style.use("ggplot")	# requires Matplotlib 1.5.1 or later
 
# From https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical/gands.txt (1960-2014):

t = """   3,508
   4,195
   3,370
   4,210
   6,022
   4,664
   2,939
   2,604
     250
      91
   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
-258,617
-372,517
-361,511
-418,955
-493,890
-609,883
-714,245
-761,716
-705,375
-708,726
-383,774
-494,658
-548,625
-536,773
-478,394
-508,324"""

d = []
for l in t.splitlines():
	d.append(float(l.replace(',', ''))/1000)
 
start, end = 1980, 2014
y = range(start, end + 1)
skip = start - 1960

f = figure(figsize = (7.5, 4.5))
ax = f.add_axes((.13, .18, .8, .75))
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
plot(y, d[skip:], '-', lw = 2.5)
plot(y, d[skip:], 'o', ms = 5)

xlabel('Year')
ylabel('Billions USD')
title('U.S. Trade Balance (%u–%u)' % (start, end))
 
text(end, -950, 'Data Source: US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division',
  va = 'bottom', ha = 'right' , size = 10)
 
axis((start, end, -800, 0))
savefig("US Trade Balance %u %u.svg" % (start, end))
 
show()

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