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Top Trading Partners - December 2016

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 4 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 1,454.6 2,188.9 3,643.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,022.2 1,707.2 2,729.4 74.9%
1 China
115.8 462.8 578.6 15.9%
2 Canada
266.8 278.1 544.9 15.0%
3 Mexico
231.0 294.2 525.1 14.4%
4 Japan
63.3 132.2 195.5 5.4%
5 Germany
49.4 114.2 163.6 4.5%
6 Korea, South
42.3 69.9 112.2 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
55.4 54.3 109.7 3.0%
8 France
30.9 46.8 77.7 2.1%
9 India
21.7 46.0 67.7 1.9%
10 Taiwan
26.0 39.3 65.4 1.8%
11 Italy
16.8 45.2 62.0 1.7%
12 Switzerland
22.7 36.4 59.1 1.6%
13 Netherlands
40.4 16.2 56.5 1.6%
14 Brazil
30.3 26.2 56.5 1.5%
15 Ireland
9.6 45.5 55.1 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,454.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,068.3 73.4%
1 Canada
266.8 18.3%
2 Mexico
231.0 15.9%
3 China
115.8 8.0%
4 Japan
63.3 4.3%
5 United Kingdom
55.4 3.8%
6 Germany
49.4 3.4%
7 Korea, South
42.3 2.9%
8 Netherlands
40.4 2.8%
9 Hong Kong
34.9 2.4%
10 Belgium
32.3 2.2%
11 France
30.9 2.1%
12 Brazil
30.3 2.1%
13 Singapore
26.9 1.8%
14 Taiwan
26.0 1.8%
15 Switzerland
22.7 1.6%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,188.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,743.7 79.7%
1 China
462.8 21.1%
2 Mexico
294.2 13.4%
3 Canada
278.1 12.7%
4 Japan
132.2 6.0%
5 Germany
114.2 5.2%
6 Korea, South
69.9 3.2%
7 United Kingdom
54.3 2.5%
8 France
46.8 2.1%
9 India
46.0 2.1%
10 Ireland
45.5 2.1%
11 Italy
45.2 2.1%
12 Vietnam
42.1 1.9%
13 Taiwan
39.3 1.8%
14 Malaysia
36.7 1.7%
15 Switzerland
36.4 1.7%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
27.5
2 Netherlands
24.2
3 United Arab Emirates
19.0
4 Belgium
15.3
5 Australia
12.7
6 Singapore
9.1
7 Panama
5.7
8 Chile
4.1
9 Brazil
4.1
10 Argentina
3.9
11 Qatar
3.8
12 Dominican Republic
3.1
13 Egypt
2.0
14 Guatemala
2.0
15 Bahamas
1.9

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-347.0
2 Japan
-68.9
3 Germany
-64.9
4 Mexico
-63.2
5 Ireland
-35.9
6 Vietnam
-32.0
7 Italy
-28.5
8 Korea, South
-27.7
9 Malaysia
-24.8
10 India
-24.3
11 Thailand
-18.9
12 France
-15.8
13 Switzerland
-13.7
14 Taiwan
-13.3
15 Indonesia
-13.2

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