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Top Trading Partners - May 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 684.6 1,021.2 1,705.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 489.6 786.5 1,276.1 74.8%
1 China
 52.9 205.1 258.0 15.1%
2 Canada
 125.7 131.8 257.5 15.1%
3 Mexico
 109.1 139.7 248.8 14.6%
4 Japan
 29.4 58.8 88.2 5.2%
5 Germany
 24.6 52.2 76.9 4.5%
6 United Kingdom
 28.6 24.7 53.2 3.1%
7 Korea, South
 22.2 29.4 51.6 3.0%
8 France
 14.4 21.3 35.7 2.1%
9 India
 12.5 22.6 35.1 2.1%
10 Italy
 9.6 22.2 31.8 1.9%
11 Netherlands
 19.9 9.0 28.9 1.7%
12 Taiwan
 11.1 17.8 28.8 1.7%
13 Ireland
 4.7 23.1 27.9 1.6%
14 Brazil
 15.6 11.9 27.5 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 9.4 16.8 26.2 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 684.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 509.6 74.4%
1 Canada
 125.7 18.4%
2 Mexico
 109.1 15.9%
3 China
 52.9 7.7%
4 Japan
 29.4 4.3%
5 United Kingdom
 28.6 4.2%
6 Germany
 24.6 3.6%
7 Korea, South
 22.2 3.2%
8 Netherlands
 19.9 2.9%
9 Hong Kong
 16.2 2.4%
10 Brazil
 15.6 2.3%
11 France
 14.4 2.1%
12 Singapore
 14.0 2.0%
13 Belgium
 13.4 2.0%
14 India
 12.5 1.8%
15 Taiwan
 11.1 1.6%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,021.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 800.8 78.4%
1 China
 205.1 20.1%
2 Mexico
 139.7 13.7%
3 Canada
 131.8 12.9%
4 Japan
 58.8 5.8%
5 Germany
 52.2 5.1%
6 Korea, South
 29.4 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 24.7 2.4%
8 Ireland
 23.1 2.3%
9 India
 22.6 2.2%
10 Italy
 22.2 2.2%
11 France
 21.3 2.1%
12 Vietnam
 19.0 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 17.8 1.7%
14 Switzerland
 16.8 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 16.3 1.6%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 13.4
2 Netherlands
 10.9
3 Belgium
 6.3
4 Australia
 6.3
5 United Arab Emirates
 5.5
6 United Kingdom
 3.9
7 Brazil
 3.7
8 Singapore
 3.3
9 Panama
 2.6
10 Argentina
 2.0
11 Egypt
 1.4
12 Dominican Republic
 1.2
13 Paraguay
 1.1
14 Bahamas
 1.0
15 Jamaica
 1.0

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -152.2
2 Mexico
 -30.6
3 Japan
 -29.3
4 Germany
 -27.6
5 Ireland
 -18.4
6 Vietnam
 -15.2
7 Italy
 -12.6
8 Malaysia
 -11.0
9 India
 -10.2
10 Thailand
 -7.9
11 Switzerland
 -7.4
12 Korea, South
 -7.2
13 France
 -7.0
14 Taiwan
 -6.7
15 Canada
 -6.1

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