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Top Trading Partners - March 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 381.5 552.4 933.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 262.2 411.1 673.3 72.1%
1 Canada
 71.6 82.3 153.9 16.5%
2 Mexico
 53.1 69.3 122.4 13.1%
3 China
 27.0 94.0 121.0 13.0%
4 Japan
 17.2 37.5 54.8 5.9%
5 Germany
 12.5 25.8 38.3 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 15.3 13.6 28.8 3.1%
7 Korea, South
 11.4 13.7 25.2 2.7%
8 Brazil
 10.2 8.9 19.1 2.0%
9 Saudi Arabia
 4.5 14.1 18.6 2.0%
10 France
 7.5 10.3 17.9 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 9.9 5.9 15.8 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 6.0 8.8 14.8 1.6%
13 Switzerland
 7.6 6.9 14.5 1.5%
14 India
 4.7 9.5 14.2 1.5%
15 Venezuela
 3.7 10.4 14.1 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 381.5 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 275.1 72.1%
1 Canada
 71.6 18.8%
2 Mexico
 53.1 13.9%
3 China
 27.0 7.1%
4 Japan
 17.2 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 15.3 4.0%
6 Germany
 12.5 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 11.4 3.0%
8 Brazil
 10.2 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 9.9 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 9.4 2.5%
11 Switzerland
 7.6 2.0%
12 Australia
 7.6 2.0%
13 Belgium
 7.6 2.0%
14 France
 7.5 2.0%
15 Singapore
 7.4 1.9%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 552.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 415.3 75.2%
1 China
 94.0 17.0%
2 Canada
 82.3 14.9%
3 Mexico
 69.3 12.5%
4 Japan
 37.5 6.8%
5 Germany
 25.8 4.7%
6 Saudi Arabia
 14.1 2.6%
7 Korea, South
 13.7 2.5%
8 United Kingdom
 13.6 2.5%
9 Venezuela
 10.4 1.9%
10 France
 10.3 1.9%
11 India
 9.5 1.7%
12 Brazil
 8.9 1.6%
13 Taiwan
 8.8 1.6%
14 Ireland
 8.7 1.6%
15 Italy
 8.3 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 8.2
2 Australia
 5.3
3 United Arab Emirates
 4.7
4 Netherlands
 4.0
5 Belgium
 3.6
6 Singapore
 2.4
7 Panama
 2.3
8 Chile
 1.9
9 United Kingdom
 1.7
10 Gibraltar
 1.6
11 Turkey
 1.5
12 Brazil
 1.2
13 Argentina
 1.0
14 Switzerland
 0.7
15 Egypt
 0.7

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -67.1
2 Japan
 -20.3
3 Mexico
 -16.2
4 Germany
 -13.3
5 Canada
 -10.8
6 Saudi Arabia
 -9.6
7 Venezuela
 -6.6
8 Ireland
 -6.6
9 India
 -4.8
10 Russia
 -4.3
11 Italy
 -4.0
12 Thailand
 -3.6
13 Vietnam
 -3.5
14 Malaysia
 -3.3
15 Nigeria
 -3.2

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