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Top Trading Partners - April 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 509.0 741.8 1,250.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 349.0 551.6 900.6 72.0%
1 Canada
 96.1 110.1 206.2 16.5%
2 China
 35.4 127.0 162.5 13.0%
3 Mexico
 70.4 92.0 162.4 13.0%
4 Japan
 23.0 49.6 72.6 5.8%
5 Germany
 16.7 34.5 51.2 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 19.9 18.0 38.0 3.0%
7 Korea, South
 15.1 19.2 34.3 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia
 6.0 19.9 25.9 2.1%
9 Brazil
 13.8 11.8 25.6 2.0%
10 France
 10.1 13.6 23.7 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 13.2 7.9 21.1 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 8.0 12.2 20.2 1.6%
13 India
 6.5 12.8 19.4 1.5%
14 Venezuela
 5.1 13.9 19.0 1.5%
15 Switzerland
 9.7 8.9 18.6 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 509.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 366.0 71.9%
1 Canada
 96.1 18.9%
2 Mexico
 70.4 13.8%
3 China
 35.4 7.0%
4 Japan
 23.0 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 19.9 3.9%
6 Germany
 16.7 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 15.1 3.0%
8 Brazil
 13.8 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 13.2 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 13.0 2.5%
11 France
 10.1 2.0%
12 Belgium
 9.9 2.0%
13 Australia
 9.9 1.9%
14 Singapore
 9.8 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 9.7 1.9%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 741.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 557.7 75.2%
1 China
 127.0 17.1%
2 Canada
 110.1 14.8%
3 Mexico
 92.0 12.4%
4 Japan
 49.6 6.7%
5 Germany
 34.5 4.7%
6 Saudi Arabia
 19.9 2.7%
7 Korea, South
 19.2 2.6%
8 United Kingdom
 18.0 2.4%
9 Venezuela
 13.9 1.9%
10 France
 13.6 1.8%
11 India
 12.8 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 12.2 1.6%
13 Brazil
 11.8 1.6%
14 Italy
 11.6 1.6%
15 Ireland
 11.3 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 11.5
2 Australia
 6.9
3 United Arab Emirates
 6.1
4 Netherlands
 5.3
5 Belgium
 4.6
6 Panama
 3.1
7 Singapore
 3.1
8 Chile
 2.5
9 Turkey
 2.2
10 Brazil
 2.0
11 United Kingdom
 1.9
12 Gibraltar
 1.8
13 Argentina
 1.7
14 Bahamas
 1.0
15 Peru
 1.0

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -91.6
2 Japan
 -26.7
3 Mexico
 -21.6
4 Germany
 -17.8
5 Canada
 -14.0
6 Saudi Arabia
 -13.9
7 Venezuela
 -8.8
8 Ireland
 -8.5
9 India
 -6.3
10 Italy
 -5.8
11 Russia
 -5.6
12 Thailand
 -5.0
13 Nigeria
 -4.9
14 Vietnam
 -4.7
15 Malaysia
 -4.2

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