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Top Trading Partners - March 2012

Trade in goods on a Census Basis, in billions of dollars, unrevised.

For a full list of all trading partners and their rankings, see supplemental exhibit 6 in the FT-900.

Total Trade | Exports | Imports | Surpluses | Deficits


March Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 139.8 197.3 337.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 95.5 146.9 242.4 71.9%
1 Canada
26.2 29.3 55.5 16.5%
2 Mexico
19.0 25.1 44.0 13.1%
3 China
9.8 31.5 41.3 12.3%
4 Japan
6.1 13.3 19.4 5.8%
5 Germany
4.6 10.1 14.7 4.4%
6 United Kingdom
5.4 5.1 10.4 3.1%
7 Korea, South
4.2 4.8 9.0 2.7%
8 Brazil
4.0 3.3 7.3 2.2%
9 France
2.8 3.9 6.7 2.0%
10 Saudi Arabia
1.7 4.9 6.6 2.0%
11 Switzerland
2.8 3.0 5.8 1.7%
12 Netherlands
3.5 2.2 5.7 1.7%
13 Taiwan
2.4 3.1 5.5 1.6%
14 Venezuela
1.3 4.1 5.4 1.6%
15 India
1.7 3.4 5.1 1.5%

March Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 139.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 100.3 71.7%
1 Canada
26.2 18.7%
2 Mexico
19.0 13.6%
3 China
9.8 7.0%
4 Japan
6.1 4.4%
5 United Kingdom
5.4 3.8%
6 Germany
4.6 3.3%
7 Korea, South
4.2 3.0%
8 Brazil
4.0 2.8%
9 Netherlands
3.5 2.5%
10 Hong Kong
3.3 2.4%
11 Singapore
2.9 2.0%
12 Belgium
2.9 2.0%
13 Australia
2.8 2.0%
14 Switzerland
2.8 2.0%
15 France
2.8 2.0%

March Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 197.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 148.0 75.0%
1 China
31.5 16.0%
2 Canada
29.3 14.8%
3 Mexico
25.1 12.7%
4 Japan
13.3 6.7%
5 Germany
10.1 5.1%
6 United Kingdom
5.1 2.6%
7 Saudi Arabia
4.9 2.5%
8 Korea, South
4.8 2.4%
9 Venezuela
4.1 2.1%
10 France
3.9 2.0%
11 India
3.4 1.7%
12 Brazil
3.3 1.7%
13 Italy
3.3 1.7%
14 Taiwan
3.1 1.6%
15 Switzerland
3.0 1.5%

March Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
3.0
2 Australia
2.0
3 United Arab Emirates
1.9
4 Belgium
1.4
5 Netherlands
1.3
6 Singapore
0.9
7 Panama
0.8
8 Chile
0.7
9 Brazil
0.7
10 Gibraltar
0.7
11 Turkey
0.6
12 Qatar
0.4
13 Peru
0.4
14 Argentina
0.3
15 United Kingdom
0.3

March Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-21.7
2 Japan
-7.1
3 Mexico
-6.1
4 Germany
-5.5
5 Saudi Arabia
-3.3
6 Canada
-3.1
7 Venezuela
-2.7
8 Ireland
-2.1
9 Italy
-1.7
10 India
-1.6
11 Thailand
-1.4
12 Kuwait
-1.3
13 Algeria
-1.3
14 Malaysia
-1.2
15 France
-1.1

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