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Top Trading Partners - September 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 1,242.3 1,885.4 3,127.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 887.5 1,455.8 2,343.3 74.9%
1 China
 93.4 394.7 488.1 15.6%
2 Canada
 225.5 241.1 466.6 14.9%
3 Mexico
 197.9 257.9 455.7 14.6%
4 Japan
 54.8 104.8 159.6 5.1%
5 Germany
 43.5 93.8 137.3 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 41.0 54.2 95.3 3.0%
7 United Kingdom
 49.3 44.1 93.4 3.0%
8 France
 26.9 38.4 65.3 2.1%
9 India
 24.3 41.0 65.3 2.1%
10 Italy
 17.6 40.3 57.8 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 21.9 33.2 55.0 1.8%
12 Netherlands
 36.2 16.6 52.8 1.7%
13 Brazil
 29.3 23.3 52.6 1.7%
14 Ireland
 8.2 42.7 51.0 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 17.8 29.7 47.6 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,242.3 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 920.9 74.1%
1 Canada
 225.5 18.2%
2 Mexico
 197.9 15.9%
3 China
 93.4 7.5%
4 Japan
 54.8 4.4%
5 United Kingdom
 49.3 4.0%
6 Germany
 43.5 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 41.0 3.3%
8 Netherlands
 36.2 2.9%
9 Brazil
 29.3 2.4%
10 Hong Kong
 28.5 2.3%
11 France
 26.9 2.2%
12 Singapore
 24.8 2.0%
13 India
 24.3 2.0%
14 Belgium
 23.8 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 21.9 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 1,885.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,481.8 78.6%
1 China
 394.7 20.9%
2 Mexico
 257.9 13.7%
3 Canada
 241.1 12.8%
4 Japan
 104.8 5.6%
5 Germany
 93.8 5.0%
6 Korea, South
 54.2 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 44.1 2.3%
8 Ireland
 42.7 2.3%
9 India
 41.0 2.2%
10 Italy
 40.3 2.1%
11 France
 38.4 2.0%
12 Vietnam
 36.4 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 33.2 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 29.7 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 29.5 1.6%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 23.5
2 Netherlands
 19.6
3 Australia
 11.3
4 Belgium
 11.0
5 United Arab Emirates
 9.8
6 Brazil
 6.0
7 United Kingdom
 5.2
8 Panama
 4.7
9 Singapore
 3.9
10 Argentina
 3.8
11 Dominican Republic
 2.3
12 Qatar
 2.1
13 Egypt
 2.0
14 Chile
 2.0
15 Bahamas
 1.9

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -301.4
2 Mexico
 -60.0
3 Germany
 -50.3
4 Japan
 -50.0
5 Ireland
 -34.5
6 Vietnam
 -29.3
7 Italy
 -22.7
8 Malaysia
 -19.8
9 India
 -16.7
10 Canada
 -15.6
11 Thailand
 -14.7
12 Korea, South
 -13.2
13 Switzerland
 -11.9
14 France
 -11.5
15 Taiwan
 -11.3

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