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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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