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Top Trading Partners - Total Trade, Exports, Imports

Year-to-Date August 2008

Data are goods only, on a Census Basis, in billions of dollars.

Total Trade (Goods)

Rank Country Exports (Year-to-Date) Imports (Year-to-Date) Total Trade (Year-to-Date) Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 894.7 1,447.6 2,342.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 613.0 1,044.1 1,657.2 70.7%
1 Canada
181.0 235.4 416.4 17.8%
2 China
49.6 217.3 266.9 11.4%
3 Mexico
101.5 148.5 250.1 10.7%
4 Japan
46.0 96.8 142.8 6.1%
5 Federal Republic of Germany
37.4 67.9 105.3 4.5%
6 United Kingdom
38.4 40.5 78.9 3.4%
7 Korea, South
24.7 32.7 57.4 2.5%
8 France
19.9 29.6 49.5 2.1%
9 Saudi Arabia
7.2 40.0 47.2 2.0%
10 Venezuela
7.8 38.0 45.7 2.0%
11 Taiwan
19.0 24.6 43.6 1.9%
12 Brazil
21.7 20.5 42.2 1.8%
13 Netherlands
27.6 14.4 42.0 1.8%
14 Italy
10.9 25.5 36.4 1.6%
15 Belgium
20.2 12.4 32.6 1.4%

Exports (Goods)

Rank Country Exports (Year-to-Date) Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 894.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 638.8 71.4%
1 Canada
181.0 20.2%
2 Mexico
101.5 11.3%
3 China
49.6 5.5%
4 Japan
46.0 5.1%
5 United Kingdom
38.4 4.3%
6 Federal Republic of Germany
37.4 4.2%
7 Netherlands
27.6 3.1%
8 Korea, South
24.7 2.8%
9 Brazil
21.7 2.4%
10 Singapore
20.5 2.3%
11 Belgium
20.2 2.3%
12 France
19.9 2.2%
13 Taiwan
19.0 2.1%
14 Switzerland
15.7 1.8%
15 Australia
15.4 1.7%

Imports (Goods)

Rank Country Imports (Year-to-Date) Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,447.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,068.3 73.8%
1 Canada
235.4 16.3%
2 China
217.3 15.0%
3 Mexico
148.5 10.3%
4 Japan
96.8 6.7%
5 Federal Republic of Germany
67.9 4.7%
6 United Kingdom
40.5 2.8%
7 Saudi Arabia
40.0 2.8%
8 Venezuela
38.0 2.6%
9 Korea, South
32.7 2.3%
10 France
29.6 2.0%
11 Nigeria
29.3 2.0%
12 Italy
25.5 1.8%
13 Taiwan
24.6 1.7%
14 Malaysia
21.7 1.5%
15 Brazil
20.5 1.4%

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Source: FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233
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Created: 11 January 2008
Last modified: 20 March 2024 at 08:45:31 AM