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Top Trading Partners - August 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 1,023.8 1,519.4 2,543.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 694.3 1,133.2 1,827.5 71.9%
1 Canada
 195.2 217.1 412.3 16.2%
2 China
 70.0 273.1 343.1 13.5%
3 Mexico
 143.2 186.6 329.8 13.0%
4 Japan
 46.5 99.1 145.6 5.7%
5 Germany
 32.9 70.4 103.2 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 37.6 36.8 74.4 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 28.9 39.7 68.6 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia
 11.8 39.9 51.6 2.0%
9 Brazil
 28.3 22.9 51.3 2.0%
10 France
 20.8 27.7 48.5 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 26.9 15.4 42.2 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 16.3 25.9 42.2 1.7%
13 India
 14.0 27.9 42.0 1.7%
14 Venezuela
 10.8 25.8 36.6 1.4%
15 Italy
 11.1 25.0 36.1 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,023.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 733.9 71.7%
1 Canada
 195.2 19.1%
2 Mexico
 143.2 14.0%
3 China
 70.0 6.8%
4 Japan
 46.5 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 37.6 3.7%
6 Germany
 32.9 3.2%
7 Korea, South
 28.9 2.8%
8 Brazil
 28.3 2.8%
9 Netherlands
 26.9 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 24.1 2.4%
11 Australia
 20.9 2.0%
12 France
 20.8 2.0%
13 Singapore
 20.2 2.0%
14 Belgium
 19.9 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 18.4 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,519.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,141.4 75.1%
1 China
 273.1 18.0%
2 Canada
 217.1 14.3%
3 Mexico
 186.6 12.3%
4 Japan
 99.1 6.5%
5 Germany
 70.4 4.6%
6 Saudi Arabia
 39.9 2.6%
7 Korea, South
 39.7 2.6%
8 United Kingdom
 36.8 2.4%
9 India
 27.9 1.8%
10 France
 27.7 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 25.9 1.7%
12 Venezuela
 25.8 1.7%
13 Italy
 25.0 1.6%
14 Ireland
 23.6 1.6%
15 Brazil
 22.9 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 20.9
2 Australia
 14.5
3 United Arab Emirates
 12.9
4 Netherlands
 11.5
5 Belgium
 8.5
6 Singapore
 6.9
7 Panama
 6.2
8 Chile
 6.0
9 Brazil
 5.4
10 Turkey
 4.2
11 Argentina
 4.0
12 Gibraltar
 3.4
13 Peru
 2.1
14 Bahamas
 1.9
15 Dominican Republic
 1.7

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -203.1
2 Japan
 -52.6
3 Mexico
 -43.4
4 Germany
 -37.5
5 Saudi Arabia
 -28.1
6 Canada
 -21.9
7 Ireland
 -18.7
8 Venezuela
 -14.9
9 Italy
 -13.9
10 India
 -13.9
11 Russia
 -12.6
12 Iraq
 -10.9
13 Korea, South
 -10.7
14 Vietnam
 -10.3
15 Thailand
 -10.1

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