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Top Trading Partners - March 2016

Trade in goods 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


March Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 125.4 178.6 304.0 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 89.4 135.5 224.9 74.0%
1 Canada
23.1 23.2 46.4 15.3%
2 Mexico
19.3 24.7 44.1 14.5%
3 China
9.0 29.9 38.8 12.8%
4 Japan
5.4 12.1 17.5 5.7%
5 Germany
4.4 10.8 15.2 5.0%
6 United Kingdom
5.3 4.9 10.1 3.3%
7 Korea, South
3.5 6.4 9.9 3.3%
8 France
3.0 4.3 7.3 2.4%
9 India
1.8 3.9 5.8 1.9%
10 Switzerland
2.4 3.2 5.6 1.8%
11 Italy
1.4 4.0 5.4 1.8%
12 Taiwan
2.0 3.0 5.0 1.6%
13 Netherlands
3.6 1.3 4.9 1.6%
14 Brazil
2.3 2.3 4.6 1.5%
15 Belgium
2.8 1.6 4.4 1.5%

March Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 125.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 91.1 72.6%
1 Canada
23.1 18.4%
2 Mexico
19.3 15.4%
3 China
9.0 7.1%
4 Japan
5.4 4.3%
5 United Kingdom
5.3 4.2%
6 Germany
4.4 3.5%
7 Netherlands
3.6 2.9%
8 Korea, South
3.5 2.8%
9 France
3.0 2.4%
10 Belgium
2.8 2.3%
11 Hong Kong
2.7 2.2%
12 Switzerland
2.4 1.9%
13 Brazil
2.3 1.8%
14 Singapore
2.1 1.7%
15 United Arab Emirates
2.1 1.7%

March Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 178.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 140.2 78.5%
1 China
29.9 16.7%
2 Mexico
24.7 13.9%
3 Canada
23.2 13.0%
4 Japan
12.1 6.8%
5 Germany
10.8 6.1%
6 Korea, South
6.4 3.6%
7 United Kingdom
4.9 2.7%
8 France
4.3 2.4%
9 Italy
4.0 2.2%
10 India
3.9 2.2%
11 Ireland
3.3 1.9%
12 Vietnam
3.3 1.9%
13 Switzerland
3.2 1.8%
14 Malaysia
3.1 1.8%
15 Taiwan
3.0 1.7%

March Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Netherlands
2.3
2 Hong Kong
2.0
3 United Arab Emirates
1.7
4 Belgium
1.3
5 Australia
1.1
6 Qatar
1.0
7 Chile
0.7
8 Panama
0.5
9 Singapore
0.5
10 United Kingdom
0.4
11 Argentina
0.3
12 Peru
0.3
13 Dominican Republic
0.3
14 Luxembourg
0.3
15 Egypt
0.2

March Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-20.9
2 Japan
-6.7
3 Germany
-6.4
4 Mexico
-5.4
5 Korea, South
-3.0
6 Vietnam
-2.7
7 Italy
-2.6
8 Ireland
-2.4
9 India
-2.1
10 Malaysia
-2.1
11 Thailand
-1.5
12 France
-1.3
13 Indonesia
-1.1
14 Taiwan
-1.0
15 Israel
-0.8

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