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Top Trading Partners - February 2012

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 6 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 241.7 355.4 597.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 166.7 264.2 430.9 72.2%
1 Canada
 45.4 53.1 98.5 16.5%
2 China
 17.1 62.5 79.7 13.3%
3 Mexico
 34.1 44.2 78.3 13.1%
4 Japan
 11.1 24.3 35.4 5.9%
5 Germany
 7.9 15.7 23.6 3.9%
6 United Kingdom
 9.9 8.5 18.4 3.1%
7 Korea, South
 7.2 9.0 16.1 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia
 2.8 9.2 12.0 2.0%
9 Brazil
 6.2 5.6 11.8 2.0%
10 France
 4.8 6.4 11.2 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 6.4 3.7 10.1 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 3.6 5.7 9.3 1.6%
13 India
 3.0 6.1 9.2 1.5%
14 Venezuela
 2.4 6.3 8.7 1.5%
15 Switzerland
 4.8 3.9 8.7 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 241.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 174.8 72.3%
1 Canada
 45.4 18.8%
2 Mexico
 34.1 14.1%
3 China
 17.1 7.1%
4 Japan
 11.1 4.6%
5 United Kingdom
 9.9 4.1%
6 Germany
 7.9 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 7.2 3.0%
8 Netherlands
 6.4 2.6%
9 Brazil
 6.2 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 6.1 2.5%
11 Switzerland
 4.8 2.0%
12 France
 4.8 2.0%
13 Australia
 4.7 2.0%
14 Belgium
 4.7 1.9%
15 Singapore
 4.5 1.9%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 355.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 267.4 75.2%
1 China
 62.5 17.6%
2 Canada
 53.1 14.9%
3 Mexico
 44.2 12.4%
4 Japan
 24.3 6.8%
5 Germany
 15.7 4.4%
6 Saudi Arabia
 9.2 2.6%
7 Korea, South
 9.0 2.5%
8 United Kingdom
 8.5 2.4%
9 France
 6.4 1.8%
10 Venezuela
 6.3 1.8%
11 India
 6.1 1.7%
12 Ireland
 5.7 1.6%
13 Taiwan
 5.7 1.6%
14 Brazil
 5.6 1.6%
15 Italy
 5.0 1.4%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 5.2
2 Australia
 3.3
3 United Arab Emirates
 2.8
4 Netherlands
 2.6
5 Belgium
 2.2
6 Panama
 1.5
7 Singapore
 1.5
8 United Kingdom
 1.4
9 Chile
 1.2
10 Gibraltar
 0.9
11 Switzerland
 0.9
12 Turkey
 0.9
13 Argentina
 0.7
14 Brazil
 0.6
15 Egypt
 0.5

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -45.4
2 Japan
 -13.2
3 Mexico
 -10.1
4 Germany
 -7.7
5 Canada
 -7.7
6 Saudi Arabia
 -6.3
7 Ireland
 -4.5
8 Venezuela
 -3.9
9 Russia
 -3.3
10 India
 -3.1
11 Vietnam
 -2.4
12 Italy
 -2.3
13 Thailand
 -2.2
14 Nigeria
 -2.2
15 Malaysia
 -2.2

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