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Top Trading Partners - October 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 1,389.2 2,121.7 3,510.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 992.2 1,640.5 2,632.7 75.0%
1 China
 102.5 447.0 549.5 15.7%
2 Canada
 251.6 269.2 520.8 14.8%
3 Mexico
 222.6 289.7 512.3 14.6%
4 Japan
 61.4 117.6 179.0 5.1%
5 Germany
 48.3 104.8 153.1 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 46.4 61.5 107.8 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 54.8 50.2 104.9 3.0%
8 France
 30.3 43.5 73.8 2.1%
9 India
 27.2 46.3 73.5 2.1%
10 Italy
 19.7 45.4 65.1 1.9%
11 Taiwan
 24.7 37.4 62.1 1.8%
12 Netherlands
 40.8 19.5 60.3 1.7%
13 Brazil
 33.3 26.4 59.7 1.7%
14 Ireland
 9.1 48.1 57.1 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 19.7 34.1 53.8 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,389.2 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,029.4 74.1%
1 Canada
 251.6 18.1%
2 Mexico
 222.6 16.0%
3 China
 102.5 7.4%
4 Japan
 61.4 4.4%
5 United Kingdom
 54.8 3.9%
6 Germany
 48.3 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 46.4 3.3%
8 Netherlands
 40.8 2.9%
9 Brazil
 33.3 2.4%
10 Hong Kong
 31.5 2.3%
11 France
 30.3 2.2%
12 Singapore
 27.7 2.0%
13 India
 27.2 2.0%
14 Belgium
 26.4 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 24.7 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,121.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,668.7 78.6%
1 China
 447.0 21.1%
2 Mexico
 289.7 13.7%
3 Canada
 269.2 12.7%
4 Japan
 117.6 5.5%
5 Germany
 104.8 4.9%
6 Korea, South
 61.5 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 50.2 2.4%
8 Ireland
 48.1 2.3%
9 India
 46.3 2.2%
10 Italy
 45.4 2.1%
11 France
 43.5 2.0%
12 Vietnam
 41.4 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 37.4 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 34.1 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 32.7 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 25.9
2 Netherlands
 21.3
3 Australia
 12.6
4 Belgium
 12.1
5 United Arab Emirates
 10.9
6 Brazil
 6.9
7 Panama
 5.2
8 United Kingdom
 4.6
9 Singapore
 4.4
10 Argentina
 4.2
11 Chile
 2.7
12 Dominican Republic
 2.6
13 Qatar
 2.3
14 Bahamas
 2.2
15 Egypt
 2.2

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -344.5
2 Mexico
 -67.2
3 Germany
 -56.5
4 Japan
 -56.2
5 Ireland
 -39.0
6 Vietnam
 -33.3
7 Italy
 -25.7
8 Malaysia
 -21.9
9 India
 -19.2
10 Canada
 -17.6
11 Thailand
 -16.2
12 Korea, South
 -15.1
13 Switzerland
 -14.4
14 France
 -13.2
15 Taiwan
 -12.7

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