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Top Trading Partners - December 2011

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 1,480.7 2,207.0 3,687.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,015.8 1,596.1 2,611.9 70.8%
1 Canada
 280.9 316.5 597.4 16.2%
2 China
 103.9 399.3 503.2 13.6%
3 Mexico
 197.5 263.1 460.6 12.5%
4 Japan
 66.2 128.8 195.0 5.3%
5 Germany
 49.1 98.4 147.5 4.0%
6 United Kingdom
 56.0 51.2 107.1 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 43.5 56.6 100.1 2.7%
8 Brazil
 42.9 31.4 74.3 2.0%
9 France
 27.8 40.0 67.8 1.8%
10 Taiwan
 25.9 41.3 67.2 1.8%
11 Netherlands
 42.8 23.5 66.3 1.8%
12 Saudi Arabia
 13.8 47.5 61.3 1.7%
13 India
 21.6 36.2 57.8 1.6%
14 Venezuela
 12.4 43.3 55.6 1.5%
15 Singapore
 31.4 19.1 50.5 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,480.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,061.9 71.7%
1 Canada
 280.9 19.0%
2 Mexico
 197.5 13.3%
3 China
 103.9 7.0%
4 Japan
 66.2 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 56.0 3.8%
6 Germany
 49.1 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 43.5 2.9%
8 Brazil
 42.9 2.9%
9 Netherlands
 42.8 2.9%
10 Hong Kong
 36.5 2.5%
11 Singapore
 31.4 2.1%
12 Belgium
 29.9 2.0%
13 France
 27.8 1.9%
14 Australia
 27.5 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 25.9 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,207.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,629.9 73.9%
1 China
 399.3 18.1%
2 Canada
 316.5 14.3%
3 Mexico
 263.1 11.9%
4 Japan
 128.8 5.8%
5 Germany
 98.4 4.5%
6 Korea, South
 56.6 2.6%
7 United Kingdom
 51.2 2.3%
8 Saudi Arabia
 47.5 2.2%
9 Venezuela
 43.3 2.0%
10 Taiwan
 41.3 1.9%
11 France
 40.0 1.8%
12 Ireland
 39.2 1.8%
13 India
 36.2 1.6%
14 Russia
 34.6 1.6%
15 Italy
 34.0 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 32.2
2 Netherlands
 19.4
3 Australia
 17.3
4 United Arab Emirates
 13.5
5 Belgium
 12.4
6 Singapore
 12.3
7 Brazil
 11.6
8 Turkey
 9.4
9 Panama
 7.9
10 Chile
 6.8
11 Argentina
 5.4
12 United Kingdom
 4.8
13 Egypt
 4.1
14 Gibraltar
 3.3
15 Dominican Republic
 3.2

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -295.5
2 Mexico
 -65.6
3 Japan
 -62.6
4 Germany
 -49.3
5 Canada
 -35.6
6 Saudi Arabia
 -33.7
7 Ireland
 -31.6
8 Venezuela
 -30.9
9 Nigeria
 -28.9
10 Russia
 -26.3
11 Italy
 -18.0
12 Taiwan
 -15.4
13 India
 -14.5
14 Iraq
 -14.5
15 Thailand
 -13.9

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