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Top Trading Partners - December 2016

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 4 in the FT-900.

Total Trade | Exports | Imports | Surpluses | Deficits

December Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 126.7 184.0 310.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 88.7 143.9 232.6 74.9%
1 China
 11.6 39.4 51.0 16.4%
2 Canada
 21.2 23.3 44.5 14.3%
3 Mexico
 19.1 23.5 42.6 13.7%
4 Japan
 5.7 12.2 17.9 5.7%
5 Germany
 4.4 9.7 14.0 4.5%
6 Korea, South
 4.3 5.5 9.7 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 4.3 4.8 9.1 2.9%
8 France
 2.9 3.6 6.5 2.1%
9 Taiwan
 2.6 3.4 6.0 1.9%
10 Italy
 1.5 4.1 5.6 1.8%
11 India
 2.1 3.4 5.5 1.8%
12 Switzerland
 2.2 3.2 5.5 1.8%
13 Brazil
 2.6 2.5 5.0 1.6%
14 Ireland
 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.6%
15 Netherlands
 3.4 1.3 4.8 1.5%

December Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 126.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 92.1 72.7%
1 Canada
 21.2 16.7%
2 Mexico
 19.1 15.1%
3 China
 11.6 9.2%
4 Japan
 5.7 4.5%
5 Germany
 4.4 3.4%
6 United Kingdom
 4.3 3.4%
7 Korea, South
 4.3 3.4%
8 Netherlands
 3.4 2.7%
9 Hong Kong
 3.0 2.4%
10 France
 2.9 2.3%
11 Taiwan
 2.6 2.1%
12 Brazil
 2.6 2.0%
13 Belgium
 2.4 1.9%
14 Singapore
 2.3 1.8%
15 Switzerland
 2.2 1.8%

December Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 184.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 146.5 79.6%
1 China
 39.4 21.4%
2 Mexico
 23.5 12.8%
3 Canada
 23.3 12.7%
4 Japan
 12.2 6.6%
5 Germany
 9.7 5.3%
6 Korea, South
 5.5 3.0%
7 United Kingdom
 4.8 2.6%
8 Italy
 4.1 2.2%
9 Ireland
 4.0 2.2%
10 France
 3.6 2.0%
11 India
 3.4 1.9%
12 Taiwan
 3.4 1.8%
13 Vietnam
 3.3 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 3.2 1.8%
15 Malaysia
 3.1 1.7%

December Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 2.5
2 Netherlands
 2.1
3 United Arab Emirates
 1.8
4 Australia
 1.2
5 Singapore
 1.1
6 Belgium
 1.1
7 Saudi Arabia
 0.8
8 Panama
 0.4
9 Kuwait
 0.3
10 Dominican Republic
 0.3
11 Morocco
 0.2
12 Egypt
 0.2
13 Costa Rica
 0.2
14 Paraguay
 0.2
15 Guatemala
 0.2

December Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -27.8
2 Japan
 -6.5
3 Germany
 -5.3
4 Mexico
 -4.4
5 Ireland
 -3.2
6 Vietnam
 -2.6
7 Italy
 -2.6
8 Canada
 -2.1
9 Malaysia
 -2.0
10 Thailand
 -1.4
11 India
 -1.4
12 Korea, South
 -1.2
13 Switzerland
 -1.0
14 Indonesia
 -0.9
15 Russia
 -0.9

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