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Top Trading Partners - December 2017

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 1,546.8 2,342.9 3,889.7 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,096.6 1,820.1 2,916.8 75.0%
1 China
 130.4 505.6 636.0 16.4%
2 Canada
 282.4 300.0 582.4 15.0%
3 Mexico
 243.0 314.0 557.0 14.3%
4 Japan
 67.7 136.5 204.2 5.3%
5 Germany
 53.5 117.7 171.2 4.4%
6 Korea, South
 48.3 71.2 119.4 3.1%
7 United Kingdom
 56.3 53.1 109.4 2.8%
8 France
 33.6 48.9 82.5 2.1%
9 India
 25.7 48.6 74.3 1.9%
10 Italy
 18.3 50.0 68.3 1.8%
11 Taiwan
 25.8 42.5 68.2 1.8%
12 Brazil
 37.1 29.4 66.5 1.7%
13 Netherlands
 42.2 17.7 60.0 1.5%
14 Ireland
 10.7 48.8 59.6 1.5%
15 Switzerland
 21.7 36.0 57.7 1.5%

Year-to-Date Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 1,546.8 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,145.6 74.1%
1 Canada
 282.4 18.3%
2 Mexico
 243.0 15.7%
3 China
 130.4 8.4%
4 Japan
 67.7 4.4%
5 United Kingdom
 56.3 3.6%
6 Germany
 53.5 3.5%
7 Korea, South
 48.3 3.1%
8 Netherlands
 42.2 2.7%
9 Hong Kong
 40.0 2.6%
10 Brazil
 37.1 2.4%
11 France
 33.6 2.2%
12 Belgium
 29.9 1.9%
13 Singapore
 29.8 1.9%
14 Taiwan
 25.8 1.7%
15 India
 25.7 1.7%

Year-to-Date Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 2,342.9 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 1,856.9 79.3%
1 China
 505.6 21.6%
2 Mexico
 314.0 13.4%
3 Canada
 300.0 12.8%
4 Japan
 136.5 5.8%
5 Germany
 117.7 5.0%
6 Korea, South
 71.2 3.0%
7 United Kingdom
 53.1 2.3%
8 Italy
 50.0 2.1%
9 France
 48.9 2.1%
10 Ireland
 48.8 2.1%
11 India
 48.6 2.1%
12 Vietnam
 46.5 2.0%
13 Taiwan
 42.5 1.8%
14 Malaysia
 37.4 1.6%
15 Switzerland
 36.0 1.5%

Year-to-Date Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 32.5
2 Netherlands
 24.5
3 United Arab Emirates
 15.7
4 Belgium
 14.8
5 Australia
 14.6
6 Singapore
 10.4
7 Brazil
 7.6
8 Panama
 6.0
9 Argentina
 4.7
10 United Kingdom
 3.3
11 Chile
 3.1
12 Dominican Republic
 3.0
13 Guatemala
 3.0
14 Paraguay
 2.6
15 Bahamas
 2.5

Year-to-Date Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -375.2
2 Mexico
 -71.1
3 Japan
 -68.8
4 Germany
 -64.3
5 Vietnam
 -38.3
6 Ireland
 -38.1
7 Italy
 -31.6
8 Malaysia
 -24.6
9 India
 -22.9
10 Korea, South
 -22.9
11 Thailand
 -20.4
12 Canada
 -17.6
13 Taiwan
 -16.7
14 France
 -15.3
15 Switzerland
 -14.3

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