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Top Trading Partners - May 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 640.5 940.7 1,581.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 438.2 696.3 1,134.5 71.7%
1 Canada
 121.7 137.9 259.6 16.4%
2 China
 44.3 162.0 206.3 13.0%
3 Mexico
 88.9 116.9 205.8 13.0%
4 Japan
 28.7 61.8 90.5 5.7%
5 Germany
 20.9 43.7 64.6 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 24.4 22.9 47.3 3.0%
7 Korea, South
 18.6 24.7 43.3 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia
 7.2 25.6 32.8 2.1%
9 Brazil
 17.3 14.3 31.6 2.0%
10 France
 13.1 17.0 30.1 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 16.6 9.6 26.2 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 10.0 15.5 25.5 1.6%
13 India
 8.4 16.4 24.8 1.6%
14 Venezuela
 6.4 16.8 23.2 1.5%
15 Switzerland
 11.8 11.2 23.0 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 640.5 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 460.0 71.8%
1 Canada
 121.7 19.0%
2 Mexico
 88.9 13.9%
3 China
 44.3 6.9%
4 Japan
 28.7 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 24.4 3.8%
6 Germany
 20.9 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 18.6 2.9%
8 Brazil
 17.3 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 16.6 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 16.2 2.5%
11 France
 13.1 2.0%
12 Belgium
 12.6 2.0%
13 Australia
 12.5 2.0%
14 Singapore
 12.4 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 11.8 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 940.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 704.9 74.9%
1 China
 162.0 17.2%
2 Canada
 137.9 14.7%
3 Mexico
 116.9 12.4%
4 Japan
 61.8 6.6%
5 Germany
 43.7 4.6%
6 Saudi Arabia
 25.6 2.7%
7 Korea, South
 24.7 2.6%
8 United Kingdom
 22.9 2.4%
9 France
 17.0 1.8%
10 Venezuela
 16.8 1.8%
11 India
 16.4 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 15.5 1.7%
13 Italy
 14.9 1.6%
14 Ireland
 14.5 1.5%
15 Brazil
 14.3 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 14.3
2 Australia
 8.6
3 United Arab Emirates
 7.7
4 Netherlands
 7.0
5 Belgium
 5.4
6 Singapore
 4.0
7 Panama
 3.9
8 Chile
 3.4
9 Brazil
 2.9
10 Turkey
 2.9
11 Argentina
 2.5
12 Gibraltar
 2.1
13 United Kingdom
 1.5
14 Bahamas
 1.3
15 Peru
 1.3

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -117.7
2 Japan
 -33.1
3 Mexico
 -28.0
4 Germany
 -22.7
5 Saudi Arabia
 -18.4
6 Canada
 -16.2
7 Ireland
 -11.2
8 Venezuela
 -10.4
9 India
 -8.0
10 Italy
 -7.7
11 Russia
 -7.3
12 Iraq
 -6.3
13 Thailand
 -6.2
14 Nigeria
 -6.2
15 Korea, South
 -6.1

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