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Top Trading Partners - September 2018

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

September Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 139.3 212.0 351.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 99.6 164.7 264.3 75.2%
1 China
 9.8 50.0 59.8 17.0%
2 Canada
 24.6 26.4 51.0 14.5%
3 Mexico
 21.5 29.2 50.6 14.4%
4 Japan
 6.4 10.4 16.8 4.8%
5 Germany
 4.9 9.7 14.7 4.2%
6 Korea, South
 4.7 6.2 10.9 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 5.6 5.0 10.6 3.0%
8 India
 3.0 4.5 7.6 2.2%
9 France
 3.0 3.9 6.9 2.0%
10 Taiwan
 2.7 3.7 6.4 1.8%
11 Netherlands
 4.2 2.0 6.2 1.8%
12 Brazil
 3.3 2.6 6.0 1.7%
13 Italy
 2.1 3.8 5.9 1.7%
14 Ireland
 1.0 4.6 5.6 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 2.8 2.6 5.4 1.5%

September Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 139.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 102.7 73.8%
1 Canada
 24.6 17.7%
2 Mexico
 21.5 15.4%
3 China
 9.8 7.0%
4 Japan
 6.4 4.6%
5 United Kingdom
 5.6 4.0%
6 Germany
 4.9 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 4.7 3.4%
8 Netherlands
 4.2 3.0%
9 Hong Kong
 3.7 2.6%
10 Brazil
 3.3 2.4%
11 India
 3.0 2.2%
12 France
 3.0 2.1%
13 Switzerland
 2.8 2.0%
14 Taiwan
 2.7 1.9%
15 Belgium
 2.5 1.8%

September Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 212.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 167.9 79.2%
1 China
 50.0 23.6%
2 Mexico
 29.2 13.8%
3 Canada
 26.4 12.5%
4 Japan
 10.4 4.9%
5 Germany
 9.7 4.6%
6 Korea, South
 6.2 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 5.0 2.4%
8 Ireland
 4.6 2.2%
9 India
 4.5 2.1%
10 Vietnam
 4.4 2.1%
11 France
 3.9 1.9%
12 Italy
 3.8 1.8%
13 Taiwan
 3.7 1.7%
14 Malaysia
 3.3 1.5%
15 Thailand
 2.8 1.3%

September Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 2.9
2 Netherlands
 2.2
3 Belgium
 1.1
4 Australia
 1.1
5 United Arab Emirates
 0.8
6 Brazil
 0.7
7 Qatar
 0.7
8 United Kingdom
 0.6
9 Panama
 0.6
10 Argentina
 0.4
11 New Zealand
 0.4
12 Chile
 0.4
13 Colombia
 0.3
14 Dominican Republic
 0.3
15 Guatemala
 0.2

September Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -40.2
2 Mexico
 -7.7
3 Germany
 -4.8
4 Japan
 -3.9
5 Vietnam
 -3.5
6 Ireland
 -3.5
7 Malaysia
 -2.3
8 Canada
 -1.8
9 Italy
 -1.7
10 Thailand
 -1.7
11 Russia
 -1.7
12 India
 -1.5
13 Korea, South
 -1.5
14 Saudi Arabia
 -1.3
15 France
 -1.0

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