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Top Trading Partners - August 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 1,102.9 1,673.3 2,776.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 787.7 1,291.1 2,078.9 74.9%
1 China
 83.6 344.7 428.3 15.4%
2 Canada
 200.8 214.7 415.5 15.0%
3 Mexico
 176.4 228.7 405.1 14.6%
4 Japan
 48.4 94.5 142.8 5.1%
5 Germany
 38.5 84.0 122.6 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 36.3 48.0 84.3 3.0%
7 United Kingdom
 43.7 39.1 82.8 3.0%
8 France
 23.9 34.5 58.4 2.1%
9 India
 21.2 36.5 57.7 2.1%
10 Italy
 15.5 36.5 52.0 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 19.2 29.5 48.6 1.8%
12 Brazil
 26.0 20.7 46.6 1.7%
13 Netherlands
 32.0 14.6 46.6 1.7%
14 Ireland
 7.2 38.2 45.4 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 15.1 27.1 42.2 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,102.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 818.3 74.2%
1 Canada
 200.8 18.2%
2 Mexico
 176.4 16.0%
3 China
 83.6 7.6%
4 Japan
 48.4 4.4%
5 United Kingdom
 43.7 4.0%
6 Germany
 38.5 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 36.3 3.3%
8 Netherlands
 32.0 2.9%
9 Brazil
 26.0 2.4%
10 Hong Kong
 24.8 2.3%
11 France
 23.9 2.2%
12 Singapore
 22.3 2.0%
13 Belgium
 21.3 1.9%
14 India
 21.2 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 19.2 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,673.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,314.0 78.5%
1 China
 344.7 20.6%
2 Mexico
 228.7 13.7%
3 Canada
 214.7 12.8%
4 Japan
 94.5 5.6%
5 Germany
 84.0 5.0%
6 Korea, South
 48.0 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 39.1 2.3%
8 Ireland
 38.2 2.3%
9 Italy
 36.5 2.2%
10 India
 36.5 2.2%
11 France
 34.5 2.1%
12 Vietnam
 31.9 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 29.5 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 27.1 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 26.2 1.6%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 20.5
2 Netherlands
 17.4
3 Australia
 10.2
4 Belgium
 9.9
5 United Arab Emirates
 9.0
6 Brazil
 5.3
7 United Kingdom
 4.6
8 Panama
 4.1
9 Singapore
 3.8
10 Argentina
 3.4
11 Dominican Republic
 2.0
12 Egypt
 1.8
13 Bahamas
 1.7
14 Chile
 1.6
15 Paraguay
 1.6

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -261.1
2 Mexico
 -52.3
3 Japan
 -46.1
4 Germany
 -45.5
5 Ireland
 -31.0
6 Vietnam
 -25.7
7 Italy
 -21.0
8 Malaysia
 -17.5
9 India
 -15.2
10 Canada
 -14.0
11 Thailand
 -13.0
12 Switzerland
 -12.0
13 Korea, South
 -11.7
14 France
 -10.5
15 Taiwan
 -10.3

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