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Top Trading Partners - December 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 1,547.1 2,275.0 3,822.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,049.0 1,703.0 2,752.0 72.0%
1 Canada
 292.4 324.2 616.7 16.1%
2 China
 110.6 425.6 536.2 14.0%
3 Mexico
 216.3 277.7 494.0 12.9%
4 Japan
 70.0 146.4 216.4 5.7%
5 Germany
 48.8 108.5 157.3 4.1%
6 United Kingdom
 54.8 54.9 109.8 2.9%
7 Korea, South
 42.3 58.9 101.2 2.6%
8 Brazil
 43.7 32.1 75.8 2.0%
9 Saudi Arabia
 18.1 55.7 73.8 1.9%
10 France
 30.8 41.6 72.4 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 24.4 38.9 63.2 1.7%
12 Netherlands
 40.7 22.3 63.0 1.6%
13 India
 22.3 40.5 62.9 1.6%
14 Venezuela
 17.6 38.7 56.4 1.5%
15 Italy
 16.0 36.9 52.9 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,547.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,105.4 71.4%
1 Canada
 292.4 18.9%
2 Mexico
 216.3 14.0%
3 China
 110.6 7.1%
4 Japan
 70.0 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 54.8 3.5%
6 Germany
 48.8 3.2%
7 Brazil
 43.7 2.8%
8 Korea, South
 42.3 2.7%
9 Netherlands
 40.7 2.6%
10 Hong Kong
 37.5 2.4%
11 Australia
 31.2 2.0%
12 France
 30.8 2.0%
13 Singapore
 30.6 2.0%
14 Belgium
 29.4 1.9%
15 Switzerland
 26.2 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,275.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,714.0 75.3%
1 China
 425.6 18.7%
2 Canada
 324.2 14.3%
3 Mexico
 277.7 12.2%
4 Japan
 146.4 6.4%
5 Germany
 108.5 4.8%
6 Korea, South
 58.9 2.6%
7 Saudi Arabia
 55.7 2.4%
8 United Kingdom
 54.9 2.4%
9 France
 41.6 1.8%
10 India
 40.5 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 38.9 1.7%
12 Venezuela
 38.7 1.7%
13 Italy
 36.9 1.6%
14 Ireland
 33.3 1.5%
15 Brazil
 32.1 1.4%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 32.0
2 Australia
 21.7
3 United Arab Emirates
 20.3
4 Netherlands
 18.4
5 Belgium
 12.1
6 Brazil
 11.6
7 Singapore
 10.3
8 Chile
 9.5
9 Panama
 9.4
10 Turkey
 6.2
11 Argentina
 6.0
12 Gibraltar
 5.3
13 Bahamas
 3.0
14 Peru
 2.9
15 Dominican Republic
 2.7

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -315.1
2 Japan
 -76.3
3 Mexico
 -61.3
4 Germany
 -59.7
5 Saudi Arabia
 -37.5
6 Canada
 -31.8
7 Ireland
 -25.9
8 Venezuela
 -21.1
9 Italy
 -21.0
10 Russia
 -18.6
11 India
 -18.2
12 Iraq
 -17.2
13 Korea, South
 -16.6
14 Vietnam
 -15.6
15 Thailand
 -15.2

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