The US trade deficit in goods contracted in April as a surge in exports more than offset rising imports, a trend that if sustained could result in trade contributing to economic growth in the second quarter.
The goods trade gap narrowed 3.4 per cent to $US82.4 billion ($A115.2 billion) last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Friday.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the goods trade deficit at $US86.5 billion.
