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Top Trading Partners - August 2017

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


August Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 129.3 201.8 331.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 89.9 160.2 250.1 75.5%
1 China
10.9 45.8 56.7 17.1%
2 Canada
24.6 25.0 49.5 15.0%
3 Mexico
20.9 27.0 47.9 14.5%
4 Japan
5.4 12.0 17.4 5.2%
5 Germany
4.5 10.0 14.5 4.4%
6 Korea, South
3.7 6.0 9.7 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
4.6 3.9 8.5 2.6%
8 France
2.9 3.9 6.8 2.1%
9 India
2.5 4.2 6.7 2.0%
10 Brazil
3.2 2.9 6.1 1.8%
11 Italy
1.5 4.3 5.8 1.7%
12 Taiwan
1.9 3.7 5.7 1.7%
13 Ireland
0.9 4.1 5.0 1.5%
14 Switzerland
1.8 3.2 5.0 1.5%
15 Vietnam
0.6 4.2 4.8 1.5%

August Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 129.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 96.5 74.6%
1 Canada
24.6 19.0%
2 Mexico
20.9 16.1%
3 China
10.9 8.5%
4 Japan
5.4 4.2%
5 United Kingdom
4.6 3.5%
6 Germany
4.5 3.5%
7 Korea, South
3.7 2.9%
8 Netherlands
3.4 2.7%
9 Brazil
3.2 2.5%
10 France
2.9 2.3%
11 Hong Kong
2.8 2.2%
12 Belgium
2.5 2.0%
13 Singapore
2.5 1.9%
14 India
2.5 1.9%
15 Australia
2.0 1.6%

August Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 201.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 160.5 79.5%
1 China
45.8 22.7%
2 Mexico
27.0 13.4%
3 Canada
25.0 12.4%
4 Japan
12.0 5.9%
5 Germany
10.0 5.0%
6 Korea, South
6.0 3.0%
7 Italy
4.3 2.1%
8 Vietnam
4.2 2.1%
9 India
4.2 2.1%
10 Ireland
4.1 2.0%
11 United Kingdom
3.9 2.0%
12 France
3.9 1.9%
13 Taiwan
3.7 1.9%
14 Switzerland
3.2 1.6%
15 Malaysia
3.2 1.6%

August Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
2.4
2 Netherlands
2.2
3 Belgium
1.4
4 United Arab Emirates
1.2
5 Australia
1.1
6 Singapore
0.8
7 Chile
0.7
8 United Kingdom
0.6
9 Panama
0.4
10 Brazil
0.3
11 Argentina
0.3
12 Egypt
0.3
13 Paraguay
0.2
14 Guatemala
0.2
15 Bahamas
0.2

August Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-34.9
2 Japan
-6.6
3 Mexico
-6.2
4 Germany
-5.6
5 Vietnam
-3.6
6 Ireland
-3.1
7 Italy
-2.9
8 Korea, South
-2.2
9 Malaysia
-2.1
10 Thailand
-1.9
11 Taiwan
-1.8
12 India
-1.7
13 Switzerland
-1.5
14 France
-0.9
15 Indonesia
-0.9

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