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Top Trading Partners - November 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 1,416.4 2,098.0 3,514.5 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 963.3 1,569.4 2,532.7 72.1%
1 Canada
 270.1 298.4 568.5 16.2%
2 China
 100.2 390.8 491.0 14.0%
3 Mexico
 199.9 257.3 457.3 13.0%
4 Japan
 64.0 134.6 198.6 5.7%
5 Germany
 45.0 99.3 144.3 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 50.8 50.6 101.4 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 38.9 54.3 93.2 2.7%
8 Brazil
 40.2 29.9 70.1 2.0%
9 Saudi Arabia
 16.2 52.0 68.2 1.9%
10 France
 28.4 38.3 66.7 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 22.2 35.8 58.0 1.6%
12 India
 20.1 37.7 57.8 1.6%
13 Netherlands
 36.8 20.7 57.5 1.6%
14 Venezuela
 15.9 35.7 51.6 1.5%
15 Italy
 14.6 34.0 48.6 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,416.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,015.3 71.7%
1 Canada
 270.1 19.1%
2 Mexico
 199.9 14.1%
3 China
 100.2 7.1%
4 Japan
 64.0 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 50.8 3.6%
6 Germany
 45.0 3.2%
7 Brazil
 40.2 2.8%
8 Korea, South
 38.9 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 36.8 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 33.1 2.3%
11 Australia
 28.7 2.0%
12 France
 28.4 2.0%
13 Singapore
 27.9 2.0%
14 Belgium
 27.0 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 24.4 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,098.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,579.8 75.3%
1 China
 390.8 18.6%
2 Canada
 298.4 14.2%
3 Mexico
 257.3 12.3%
4 Japan
 134.6 6.4%
5 Germany
 99.3 4.7%
6 Korea, South
 54.3 2.6%
7 Saudi Arabia
 52.0 2.5%
8 United Kingdom
 50.6 2.4%
9 France
 38.3 1.8%
10 India
 37.7 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 35.8 1.7%
12 Venezuela
 35.7 1.7%
13 Italy
 34.0 1.6%
14 Ireland
 31.1 1.5%
15 Brazil
 29.9 1.4%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 28.0
2 Australia
 20.0
3 United Arab Emirates
 18.1
4 Netherlands
 16.1
5 Belgium
 11.2
6 Brazil
 10.3
7 Singapore
 9.2
8 Panama
 8.5
9 Chile
 8.4
10 Turkey
 5.6
11 Argentina
 5.4
12 Gibraltar
 5.0
13 Bahamas
 2.8
14 Peru
 2.6
15 Dominican Republic
 2.4

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -290.6
2 Japan
 -70.6
3 Mexico
 -57.4
4 Germany
 -54.3
5 Saudi Arabia
 -35.8
6 Canada
 -28.4
7 Ireland
 -24.4
8 Venezuela
 -19.8
9 Italy
 -19.3
10 India
 -17.6
11 Russia
 -17.5
12 Iraq
 -16.1
13 Korea, South
 -15.4
14 Vietnam
 -14.3
15 Thailand
 -14.0

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