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Top Trading Partners - March 2018

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 402.4 599.3 1,001.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 289.0 463.3 752.2 75.1%
1 China
32.0 123.1 155.1 15.5%
2 Canada
73.2 77.0 150.2 15.0%
3 Mexico
63.9 82.2 146.1 14.6%
4 Japan
17.5 35.0 52.5 5.2%
5 Germany
14.8 30.7 45.4 4.5%
6 United Kingdom
17.2 14.7 31.9 3.2%
7 Korea, South
13.1 16.8 29.9 3.0%
8 France
8.1 12.1 20.2 2.0%
9 India
7.4 12.7 20.1 2.0%
10 Italy
5.4 12.7 18.0 1.8%
11 Ireland
2.9 14.1 17.1 1.7%
12 Netherlands
11.8 5.1 16.9 1.7%
13 Taiwan
6.4 10.4 16.9 1.7%
14 Brazil
9.2 7.1 16.4 1.6%
15 Switzerland
6.1 9.5 15.6 1.6%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 402.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 300.7 74.7%
1 Canada
73.2 18.2%
2 Mexico
63.9 15.9%
3 China
32.0 8.0%
4 Japan
17.5 4.3%
5 United Kingdom
17.2 4.3%
6 Germany
14.8 3.7%
7 Korea, South
13.1 3.2%
8 Netherlands
11.8 2.9%
9 Hong Kong
10.7 2.7%
10 Brazil
9.2 2.3%
11 France
8.1 2.0%
12 Singapore
7.8 1.9%
13 Belgium
7.7 1.9%
14 India
7.4 1.8%
15 Taiwan
6.4 1.6%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 599.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 471.7 78.7%
1 China
123.1 20.5%
2 Mexico
82.2 13.7%
3 Canada
77.0 12.8%
4 Japan
35.0 5.8%
5 Germany
30.7 5.1%
6 Korea, South
16.8 2.8%
7 United Kingdom
14.7 2.5%
8 Ireland
14.1 2.4%
9 India
12.7 2.1%
10 Italy
12.7 2.1%
11 France
12.1 2.0%
12 Vietnam
11.4 1.9%
13 Taiwan
10.4 1.7%
14 Switzerland
9.5 1.6%
15 Malaysia
9.3 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
9.2
2 Netherlands
6.7
3 Belgium
3.8
4 Australia
3.7
5 United Arab Emirates
2.9
6 United Kingdom
2.5
7 Brazil
2.1
8 Singapore
2.0
9 Panama
1.5
10 Argentina
1.1
11 Egypt
0.8
12 Dominican Republic
0.8
13 Paraguay
0.7
14 Guatemala
0.6
15 Bahamas
0.6

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
-91.1
2 Mexico
-18.3
3 Japan
-17.5
4 Germany
-15.9
5 Ireland
-11.2
6 Vietnam
-9.3
7 Italy
-7.3
8 Malaysia
-6.1
9 India
-5.3
10 Thailand
-4.5
11 France
-4.1
12 Taiwan
-4.0
13 Canada
-3.8
14 Korea, South
-3.7
15 Switzerland
-3.4

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