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Top Trading Partners - October 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

October Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 133.8 198.5 332.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 94.2 148.1 242.3 72.9%
1 Canada
 25.7 27.6 53.4 16.1%
2 China
 10.8 40.3 51.1 15.4%
3 Mexico
 20.5 24.8 45.3 13.6%
4 Japan
 5.7 12.7 18.4 5.5%
5 Germany
 4.1 9.5 13.6 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 4.3 4.8 9.2 2.8%
7 Korea, South
 3.5 5.1 8.5 2.6%
8 Brazil
 4.1 2.3 6.4 1.9%
9 France
 2.5 3.6 6.1 1.8%
10 Taiwan
 2.1 3.5 5.6 1.7%
11 India
 2.1 3.2 5.3 1.6%
12 Saudi Arabia
 1.4 3.8 5.2 1.6%
13 Netherlands
 3.4 1.6 5.1 1.5%
14 Venezuela
 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.4%
15 Singapore
 2.5 2.0 4.5 1.3%

October Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 133.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 96.7 72.2%
1 Canada
 25.7 19.2%
2 Mexico
 20.5 15.3%
3 China
 10.8 8.1%
4 Japan
 5.7 4.2%
5 United Kingdom
 4.3 3.2%
6 Germany
 4.1 3.1%
7 Brazil
 4.1 3.0%
8 Korea, South
 3.5 2.6%
9 Netherlands
 3.4 2.6%
10 Australia
 2.6 2.0%
11 France
 2.5 1.9%
12 Singapore
 2.5 1.9%
13 Hong Kong
 2.4 1.8%
14 Belgium
 2.4 1.8%
15 Switzerland
 2.2 1.6%

October Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 198.5 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 150.6 75.9%
1 China
 40.3 20.3%
2 Canada
 27.6 13.9%
3 Mexico
 24.8 12.5%
4 Japan
 12.7 6.4%
5 Germany
 9.5 4.8%
6 Korea, South
 5.1 2.6%
7 United Kingdom
 4.8 2.4%
8 Saudi Arabia
 3.8 1.9%
9 France
 3.6 1.8%
10 Taiwan
 3.5 1.8%
11 India
 3.2 1.6%
12 Venezuela
 3.2 1.6%
13 Italy
 3.1 1.6%
14 Russia
 2.9 1.5%
15 Ireland
 2.5 1.3%

October Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 1.9
2 Netherlands
 1.8
3 Australia
 1.8
4 Brazil
 1.8
5 United Arab Emirates
 1.6
6 Chile
 1.0
7 Belgium
 0.9
8 Gibraltar
 0.8
9 Panama
 0.8
10 Singapore
 0.5
11 Argentina
 0.4
12 Bahamas
 0.4
13 Qatar
 0.3
14 Ethiopia
 0.3
15 Turkey
 0.3

October Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -29.5
2 Japan
 -7.0
3 Germany
 -5.4
4 Mexico
 -4.4
5 Saudi Arabia
 -2.4
6 Iraq
 -2.0
7 Russia
 -2.0
8 Italy
 -2.0
9 Canada
 -1.9
10 Ireland
 -1.8
11 Nigeria
 -1.8
12 Venezuela
 -1.8
13 Korea, South
 -1.6
14 Vietnam
 -1.5
15 Taiwan
 -1.4

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