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Top Trading Partners - July 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 895.4 1,323.9 2,219.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 613.1 979.1 1,592.1 71.7%
1 Canada
 170.5 190.1 360.6 16.2%
2 China
 61.4 235.8 297.2 13.4%
3 Mexico
 124.0 162.9 287.0 12.9%
4 Japan
 40.2 86.1 126.3 5.7%
5 Germany
 28.8 60.6 89.4 4.0%
6 United Kingdom
 33.3 31.9 65.2 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 25.7 34.9 60.6 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia
 10.3 35.7 46.0 2.1%
9 Brazil
 24.4 19.9 44.2 2.0%
10 France
 18.2 24.3 42.5 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 23.5 13.5 37.0 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 14.4 22.5 36.9 1.7%
13 India
 12.0 24.0 36.0 1.6%
14 Italy
 9.9 21.8 31.7 1.4%
15 Switzerland
 16.4 15.2 31.6 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 895.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 641.5 71.6%
1 Canada
 170.5 19.0%
2 Mexico
 124.0 13.9%
3 China
 61.4 6.9%
4 Japan
 40.2 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 33.3 3.7%
6 Germany
 28.8 3.2%
7 Korea, South
 25.7 2.9%
8 Brazil
 24.4 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 23.5 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 21.7 2.4%
11 Australia
 18.2 2.0%
12 France
 18.2 2.0%
13 Singapore
 17.5 2.0%
14 Belgium
 17.4 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 16.4 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,323.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 993.2 75.0%
1 China
 235.8 17.8%
2 Canada
 190.1 14.4%
3 Mexico
 162.9 12.3%
4 Japan
 86.1 6.5%
5 Germany
 60.6 4.6%
6 Saudi Arabia
 35.7 2.7%
7 Korea, South
 34.9 2.6%
8 United Kingdom
 31.9 2.4%
9 France
 24.3 1.8%
10 India
 24.0 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 22.5 1.7%
12 Venezuela
 22.1 1.7%
13 Italy
 21.8 1.6%
14 Ireland
 20.7 1.6%
15 Brazil
 19.9 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 18.8
2 Australia
 12.7
3 United Arab Emirates
 11.4
4 Netherlands
 10.0
5 Belgium
 7.3
6 Singapore
 5.9
7 Panama
 5.4
8 Chile
 5.0
9 Brazil
 4.5
10 Turkey
 4.0
11 Argentina
 3.5
12 Gibraltar
 2.9
13 Peru
 1.7
14 Bahamas
 1.7
15 United Kingdom
 1.5

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -174.4
2 Japan
 -45.9
3 Mexico
 -38.9
4 Germany
 -31.8
5 Saudi Arabia
 -25.3
6 Canada
 -19.5
7 Ireland
 -16.3
8 Venezuela
 -12.7
9 India
 -12.0
10 Italy
 -11.9
11 Russia
 -11.2
12 Iraq
 -9.7
13 Korea, South
 -9.1
14 Thailand
 -8.9
15 Vietnam
 -8.9

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