TotalU.S.exports of good andservices in 2009 were $1.553 trillion, and total imports $1.934 trillion (the net trade balance was therefore a minus $380.7 billion).
More broadly, in the United States, for example, the dollar made artificially expensive by capital inflows related in part to its reserve currency status has prevented the exchange rate adjustment needed to balance our trade in goods and services.
Actually, the thing that is most often the focus is the "current account balance", which means trade in goods and services plus some financial items, including remittances that migrant workers send home.