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Top Trading Partners - October 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 1,286.0 1,903.6 3,189.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 874.1 1,421.6 2,295.7 72.0%
1 Canada
245.2 270.8 516.0 16.2%
2 China
89.6 351.3 440.9 13.8%
3 Mexico
181.1 233.7 414.8 13.0%
4 Japan
58.4 122.8 181.1 5.7%
5 Germany
41.1 89.2 130.3 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
46.4 45.9 92.3 2.9%
7 Korea, South
35.8 49.4 85.2 2.7%
8 Brazil
36.3 27.6 63.9 2.0%
9 Saudi Arabia
14.5 47.7 62.2 2.0%
10 France
25.8 34.5 60.3 1.9%
11 India
18.4 34.5 52.8 1.7%
12 Taiwan
20.3 32.6 52.8 1.7%
13 Netherlands
33.5 18.9 52.4 1.6%
14 Venezuela
14.3 32.1 46.5 1.5%
15 Italy
13.5 30.7 44.1 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,286.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 921.2 71.6%
1 Canada
245.2 19.1%
2 Mexico
181.1 14.1%
3 China
89.6 7.0%
4 Japan
58.4 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
46.4 3.6%
6 Germany
41.1 3.2%
7 Brazil
36.3 2.8%
8 Korea, South
35.8 2.8%
9 Netherlands
33.5 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
29.7 2.3%
11 Australia
26.1 2.0%
12 France
25.8 2.0%
13 Singapore
25.1 2.0%
14 Belgium
24.6 1.9%
15 Switzerland
22.6 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,903.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,431.0 75.2%
1 China
351.3 18.5%
2 Canada
270.8 14.2%
3 Mexico
233.7 12.3%
4 Japan
122.8 6.4%
5 Germany
89.2 4.7%
6 Korea, South
49.4 2.6%
7 Saudi Arabia
47.7 2.5%
8 United Kingdom
45.9 2.4%
9 France
34.5 1.8%
10 India
34.5 1.8%
11 Taiwan
32.6 1.7%
12 Venezuela
32.1 1.7%
13 Italy
30.7 1.6%
14 Ireland
28.3 1.5%
15 Brazil
27.6 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
25.0
2 Australia
18.2
3 United Arab Emirates
16.3
4 Netherlands
14.6
5 Belgium
10.3
6 Brazil
8.6
7 Singapore
8.1
8 Chile
7.8
9 Panama
7.7
10 Turkey
5.1
11 Argentina
5.1
12 Gibraltar
4.8
13 Peru
2.5
14 Bahamas
2.5
15 Dominican Republic
2.2

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-261.6
2 Japan
-64.4
3 Mexico
-52.6
4 Germany
-48.1
5 Saudi Arabia
-33.2
6 Canada
-25.6
7 Ireland
-22.1
8 Venezuela
-17.8
9 Italy
-17.2
10 Russia
-16.4
11 India
-16.1
12 Iraq
-14.5
13 Korea, South
-13.6
14 Vietnam
-13.2
15 Thailand
-12.6

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