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Top Trading Partners - December 2018

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 1,664.1 2,542.8 4,206.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,183.9 1,969.9 3,153.8 75.0%
1 China
 120.3 539.5 659.8 15.7%
2 Canada
 298.7 318.5 617.2 14.7%
3 Mexico
 265.0 346.5 611.5 14.5%
4 Japan
 75.0 142.6 217.6 5.2%
5 Germany
 57.7 125.9 183.6 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 56.3 74.3 130.6 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 66.2 60.8 127.0 3.0%
8 France
 36.3 52.5 88.8 2.1%
9 India
 33.1 54.4 87.5 2.1%
10 Italy
 23.2 54.7 77.9 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 30.2 45.8 76.0 1.8%
12 Netherlands
 49.4 24.6 74.0 1.8%
13 Brazil
 39.5 31.2 70.7 1.7%
14 Ireland
 10.7 57.5 68.2 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 22.2 41.1 63.4 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,664.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,229.9 73.9%
1 Canada
 298.7 18.0%
2 Mexico
 265.0 15.9%
3 China
 120.3 7.2%
4 Japan
 75.0 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 66.2 4.0%
6 Germany
 57.7 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 56.3 3.4%
8 Netherlands
 49.4 3.0%
9 Brazil
 39.5 2.4%
10 Hong Kong
 37.5 2.3%
11 France
 36.3 2.2%
12 Singapore
 33.1 2.0%
13 India
 33.1 2.0%
14 Belgium
 31.4 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 30.2 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,542.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 2,002.7 78.8%
1 China
 539.5 21.2%
2 Mexico
 346.5 13.6%
3 Canada
 318.5 12.5%
4 Japan
 142.6 5.6%
5 Germany
 125.9 5.0%
6 Korea, South
 74.3 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 60.8 2.4%
8 Ireland
 57.5 2.3%
9 Italy
 54.7 2.2%
10 India
 54.4 2.1%
11 France
 52.5 2.1%
12 Vietnam
 49.2 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 45.8 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 41.1 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 39.4 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 31.1
2 Netherlands
 24.8
3 Australia
 15.2
4 United Arab Emirates
 14.5
5 Belgium
 14.2
6 Brazil
 8.3
7 Panama
 6.4
8 Singapore
 5.9
9 United Kingdom
 5.4
10 Argentina
 5.1
11 Chile
 4.0
12 Dominican Republic
 3.3
13 Qatar
 2.9
14 Bahamas
 2.7
15 Egypt
 2.6

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -419.2
2 Mexico
 -81.5
3 Germany
 -68.3
4 Japan
 -67.6
5 Ireland
 -46.8
6 Vietnam
 -39.5
7 Italy
 -31.6
8 Malaysia
 -26.5
9 India
 -21.3
10 Canada
 -19.8
11 Thailand
 -19.3
12 Switzerland
 -18.9
13 Korea, South
 -17.9
14 France
 -16.2
15 Taiwan
 -15.5

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