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Top Trading Partners - November 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 1,529.7 2,335.8 3,865.4 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,090.3 1,808.1 2,898.4 75.0%
1 China
 111.2 493.5 604.6 15.6%
2 Canada
 276.4 294.7 571.2 14.8%
3 Mexico
 245.6 319.4 565.0 14.6%
4 Japan
 68.2 130.2 198.5 5.1%
5 Germany
 53.3 115.6 168.9 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 50.7 67.8 118.6 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 60.7 55.5 116.2 3.0%
8 France
 33.4 48.1 81.5 2.1%
9 India
 29.8 50.5 80.2 2.1%
10 Italy
 21.3 49.8 71.1 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 27.2 41.6 68.8 1.8%
12 Netherlands
 45.2 22.1 67.3 1.7%
13 Brazil
 36.3 28.7 65.0 1.7%
14 Ireland
 10.0 52.9 62.9 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 21.0 37.7 58.7 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,529.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,132.1 74.0%
1 Canada
 276.4 18.1%
2 Mexico
 245.6 16.1%
3 China
 111.2 7.3%
4 Japan
 68.2 4.5%
5 United Kingdom
 60.7 4.0%
6 Germany
 53.3 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 50.7 3.3%
8 Netherlands
 45.2 3.0%
9 Brazil
 36.3 2.4%
10 Hong Kong
 34.7 2.3%
11 France
 33.4 2.2%
12 Singapore
 30.4 2.0%
13 India
 29.8 1.9%
14 Belgium
 28.9 1.9%
15 Taiwan
 27.2 1.8%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,335.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,838.7 78.7%
1 China
 493.5 21.1%
2 Mexico
 319.4 13.7%
3 Canada
 294.7 12.6%
4 Japan
 130.2 5.6%
5 Germany
 115.6 4.9%
6 Korea, South
 67.8 2.9%
7 United Kingdom
 55.5 2.4%
8 Ireland
 52.9 2.3%
9 India
 50.5 2.2%
10 Italy
 49.8 2.1%
11 France
 48.1 2.1%
12 Vietnam
 45.4 1.9%
13 Taiwan
 41.6 1.8%
14 Switzerland
 37.7 1.6%
15 Malaysia
 36.0 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 28.8
2 Netherlands
 23.0
3 Australia
 13.9
4 Belgium
 12.9
5 United Arab Emirates
 12.7
6 Brazil
 7.5
7 Panama
 5.9
8 United Kingdom
 5.2
9 Singapore
 5.2
10 Argentina
 4.8
11 Chile
 3.5
12 Dominican Republic
 2.9
13 Qatar
 2.7
14 Bahamas
 2.4
15 Egypt
 2.4

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -382.3
2 Mexico
 -73.8
3 Germany
 -62.3
4 Japan
 -62.0
5 Ireland
 -42.9
6 Vietnam
 -36.5
7 Italy
 -28.5
8 Malaysia
 -24.1
9 India
 -20.7
10 Canada
 -18.3
11 Thailand
 -17.8
12 Korea, South
 -17.1
13 Switzerland
 -16.7
14 France
 -14.7
15 Taiwan
 -14.3

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