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Top Trading Partners - May 2018

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

May Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 144.5 216.6 361.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 104.5 164.2 268.7 74.4%
1 Canada
 26.8 28.3 55.1 15.3%
2 China
 10.6 43.8 54.4 15.1%
3 Mexico
 22.7 29.4 52.1 14.4%
4 Japan
 6.2 11.7 17.8 4.9%
5 Germany
 5.1 10.8 16.0 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 4.9 6.7 11.5 3.2%
7 United Kingdom
 5.7 5.1 10.8 3.0%
8 India
 2.6 5.1 7.7 2.1%
9 France
 3.2 4.4 7.6 2.1%
10 Italy
 2.1 4.9 7.0 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 2.3 3.8 6.0 1.7%
12 Singapore
 3.3 2.5 5.8 1.6%
13 Netherlands
 4.0 1.8 5.8 1.6%
14 Switzerland
 1.9 3.6 5.6 1.5%
15 Brazil
 3.2 2.3 5.5 1.5%

May Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 144.5 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 106.2 73.5%
1 Canada
 26.8 18.5%
2 Mexico
 22.7 15.7%
3 China
 10.6 7.3%
4 Japan
 6.2 4.3%
5 United Kingdom
 5.7 4.0%
6 Germany
 5.1 3.6%
7 Korea, South
 4.9 3.4%
8 Netherlands
 4.0 2.7%
9 Singapore
 3.3 2.3%
10 Brazil
 3.2 2.2%
11 France
 3.2 2.2%
12 Hong Kong
 2.9 2.0%
13 Belgium
 2.8 2.0%
14 India
 2.6 1.8%
15 Taiwan
 2.3 1.6%

May Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 216.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 169.5 78.2%
1 China
 43.8 20.2%
2 Mexico
 29.4 13.6%
3 Canada
 28.3 13.1%
4 Japan
 11.7 5.4%
5 Germany
 10.8 5.0%
6 Korea, South
 6.7 3.1%
7 India
 5.1 2.3%
8 United Kingdom
 5.1 2.3%
9 Italy
 4.9 2.3%
10 France
 4.4 2.0%
11 Ireland
 4.2 2.0%
12 Vietnam
 4.0 1.8%
13 Taiwan
 3.8 1.7%
14 Malaysia
 3.6 1.7%
15 Switzerland
 3.6 1.7%

May Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 2.3
2 Netherlands
 2.2
3 United Arab Emirates
 1.4
4 Australia
 1.3
5 Belgium
 1.1
6 Brazil
 0.9
7 Singapore
 0.8
8 United Kingdom
 0.7
9 Chile
 0.5
10 Argentina
 0.5
11 Panama
 0.5
12 Qatar
 0.3
13 Egypt
 0.3
14 Bahamas
 0.3
15 Jamaica
 0.2

May Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -33.2
2 Mexico
 -6.7
3 Germany
 -5.7
4 Japan
 -5.5
5 Ireland
 -3.3
6 Vietnam
 -3.1
7 Italy
 -2.8
8 Malaysia
 -2.6
9 India
 -2.5
10 Korea, South
 -1.8
11 Thailand
 -1.7
12 Switzerland
 -1.7
13 Taiwan
 -1.5
14 Canada
 -1.5
15 Israel
 -1.4

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