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Top Trading Partners - December 2015

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 4 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 1,504.9 2,241.1 3,746.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,067.7 1,728.7 2,796.4 74.7%
1 China
 116.2 481.9 598.1 16.0%
2 Canada
 280.3 295.2 575.5 15.4%
3 Mexico
 236.4 294.7 531.1 14.2%
4 Japan
 62.5 131.1 193.6 5.2%
5 Germany
 49.9 124.1 174.1 4.6%
6 Korea, South
 43.5 71.8 115.3 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 56.4 57.8 114.2 3.0%
8 France
 30.1 47.6 77.7 2.1%
9 Taiwan
 25.9 40.7 66.6 1.8%
10 India
 21.5 44.7 66.3 1.8%
11 Italy
 16.2 44.0 60.3 1.6%
12 Brazil
 31.7 27.4 59.1 1.6%
13 Netherlands
 40.7 16.8 57.5 1.5%
14 Belgium
 34.1 19.5 53.6 1.4%
15 Switzerland
 22.3 31.2 53.5 1.4%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,504.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,098.5 73.0%
1 Canada
 280.3 18.6%
2 Mexico
 236.4 15.7%
3 China
 116.2 7.7%
4 Japan
 62.5 4.2%
5 United Kingdom
 56.4 3.7%
6 Germany
 49.9 3.3%
7 Korea, South
 43.5 2.9%
8 Netherlands
 40.7 2.7%
9 Hong Kong
 37.2 2.5%
10 Belgium
 34.1 2.3%
11 Brazil
 31.7 2.1%
12 France
 30.1 2.0%
13 Singapore
 28.7 1.9%
14 Taiwan
 25.9 1.7%
15 Australia
 25.0 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,241.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,776.2 79.3%
1 China
 481.9 21.5%
2 Canada
 295.2 13.2%
3 Mexico
 294.7 13.2%
4 Japan
 131.1 5.9%
5 Germany
 124.1 5.5%
6 Korea, South
 71.8 3.2%
7 United Kingdom
 57.8 2.6%
8 France
 47.6 2.1%
9 India
 44.7 2.0%
10 Italy
 44.0 2.0%
11 Taiwan
 40.7 1.8%
12 Ireland
 39.4 1.8%
13 Vietnam
 38.0 1.7%
14 Malaysia
 33.8 1.5%
15 Switzerland
 31.2 1.4%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 30.5
2 Netherlands
 24.0
3 United Arab Emirates
 20.5
4 Belgium
 14.6
5 Australia
 14.2
6 Singapore
 10.4
7 Panama
 7.4
8 Chile
 6.7
9 Argentina
 5.4
10 Brazil
 4.3
11 Peru
 3.7
12 Egypt
 3.3
13 Qatar
 2.9
14 Dominican Republic
 2.5
15 Colombia
 2.4

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -365.7
2 Germany
 -74.2
3 Japan
 -68.6
4 Mexico
 -58.4
5 Vietnam
 -30.9
6 Ireland
 -30.4
7 Korea, South
 -28.3
8 Italy
 -27.8
9 India
 -23.2
10 Malaysia
 -21.5
11 France
 -17.6
12 Thailand
 -17.3
13 Canada
 -14.9
14 Taiwan
 -14.8
15 Indonesia
 -12.5

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