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Top Trading Partners - September 2012

Data are goods only, 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

Year-to-Date Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 1,152.3 1,705.3 2,857.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 781.4 1,272.4 2,053.8 71.9%
1 Canada
 219.5 243.1 462.7 16.2%
2 China
 78.8 311.0 389.8 13.6%
3 Mexico
 160.6 208.8 369.5 12.9%
4 Japan
 52.7 110.1 162.8 5.7%
5 Germany
 37.0 79.7 116.7 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 42.1 41.0 83.1 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 32.3 44.4 76.7 2.7%
8 Brazil
 32.2 25.3 57.5 2.0%
9 Saudi Arabia
 13.1 43.9 57.0 2.0%
10 France
 23.3 30.9 54.2 1.9%
11 India
 16.3 31.3 47.5 1.7%
12 Netherlands
 30.0 17.3 47.3 1.7%
13 Taiwan
 18.2 29.1 47.2 1.7%
14 Venezuela
 12.9 28.9 41.8 1.5%
15 Italy
 12.3 27.6 39.9 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,152.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 824.6 71.6%
1 Canada
 219.5 19.1%
2 Mexico
 160.6 13.9%
3 China
 78.8 6.8%
4 Japan
 52.7 4.6%
5 United Kingdom
 42.1 3.7%
6 Germany
 37.0 3.2%
7 Korea, South
 32.3 2.8%
8 Brazil
 32.2 2.8%
9 Netherlands
 30.0 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 27.3 2.4%
11 Australia
 23.5 2.0%
12 France
 23.3 2.0%
13 Singapore
 22.6 2.0%
14 Belgium
 22.2 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 20.4 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,705.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,280.9 75.1%
1 China
 311.0 18.2%
2 Canada
 243.1 14.3%
3 Mexico
 208.8 12.2%
4 Japan
 110.1 6.5%
5 Germany
 79.7 4.7%
6 Korea, South
 44.4 2.6%
7 Saudi Arabia
 43.9 2.6%
8 United Kingdom
 41.0 2.4%
9 India
 31.3 1.8%
10 France
 30.9 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 29.1 1.7%
12 Venezuela
 28.9 1.7%
13 Italy
 27.6 1.6%
14 Ireland
 25.8 1.5%
15 Brazil
 25.3 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 23.1
2 Australia
 16.4
3 United Arab Emirates
 14.7
4 Netherlands
 12.7
5 Belgium
 9.5
6 Singapore
 7.6
7 Panama
 7.0
8 Brazil
 6.9
9 Chile
 6.8
10 Turkey
 4.8
11 Argentina
 4.6
12 Gibraltar
 4.0
13 Peru
 2.3
14 Bahamas
 2.1
15 Dominican Republic
 1.9

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -232.2
2 Japan
 -57.4
3 Mexico
 -48.2
4 Germany
 -42.7
5 Saudi Arabia
 -30.8
6 Canada
 -23.6
7 Ireland
 -20.3
8 Venezuela
 -16.1
9 Italy
 -15.2
10 India
 -15.0
11 Russia
 -14.4
12 Iraq
 -12.5
13 Korea, South
 -12.0
14 Vietnam
 -11.7
15 Thailand
 -11.4

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