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Top Trading Partners - December 2012

Trade in goods on a Census Basis, in billions of dollars, unrevised.

For a full list of all trading partners and their rankings, see supplemental exhibit 6 in the FT-900.

Total Trade | Exports | Imports | Surpluses | Deficits

December Total Trade

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Percent of Total Trade
--- Total, All Countries 130.6 177.1 307.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 88.6 131.0 219.6 71.4%
1 Canada
 22.2 25.8 48.0 15.6%
2 China
 10.4 34.8 45.2 14.7%
3 Mexico
 16.4 20.3 36.7 11.9%
4 Japan
 6.0 11.8 17.8 5.8%
5 Germany
 3.8 9.2 13.0 4.2%
6 United Kingdom
 4.1 4.3 8.4 2.7%
7 Korea, South
 3.5 4.6 8.0 2.6%
8 France
 2.4 3.3 5.8 1.9%
9 Brazil
 3.5 2.2 5.7 1.9%
10 Saudi Arabia
 1.9 3.7 5.6 1.8%
11 Netherlands
 3.9 1.6 5.5 1.8%
12 Taiwan
 2.2 3.1 5.3 1.7%
13 India
 2.2 2.8 5.0 1.6%
14 Hong Kong
 4.4 0.4 4.8 1.6%
15 Venezuela
 1.7 3.0 4.8 1.5%

December Exports

Rank Country Exports Percent of Total Exports
--- Total, All Countries 130.6 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 90.4 69.2%
1 Canada
 22.2 17.0%
2 Mexico
 16.4 12.6%
3 China
 10.4 8.0%
4 Japan
 6.0 4.6%
5 Hong Kong
 4.4 3.4%
6 United Kingdom
 4.1 3.1%
7 Netherlands
 3.9 3.0%
8 Germany
 3.8 2.9%
9 Brazil
 3.5 2.7%
10 Korea, South
 3.5 2.6%
11 Singapore
 2.7 2.0%
12 Australia
 2.5 1.9%
13 France
 2.4 1.9%
14 Belgium
 2.4 1.8%
15 United Arab Emirates
 2.3 1.8%

December Imports

Rank Country Imports Percent of Total Imports
--- Total, All Countries 177.1 100.0%
--- Total, Top 15 Countries 134.2 75.8%
1 China
 34.8 19.7%
2 Canada
 25.8 14.6%
3 Mexico
 20.3 11.5%
4 Japan
 11.8 6.7%
5 Germany
 9.2 5.2%
6 Korea, South
 4.6 2.6%
7 United Kingdom
 4.3 2.4%
8 Saudi Arabia
 3.7 2.1%
9 France
 3.3 1.9%
10 Taiwan
 3.1 1.7%
11 Venezuela
 3.0 1.7%
12 Italy
 3.0 1.7%
13 India
 2.8 1.6%
14 Russia
 2.3 1.3%
15 Ireland
 2.2 1.3%

December Surpluses

Rank Country Surplus
1 Hong Kong
 4.0
2 Netherlands
 2.3
3 United Arab Emirates
 2.2
4 Australia
 1.7
5 Brazil
 1.3
6 Singapore
 1.1
7 Chile
 1.1
8 Panama
 0.9
9 Belgium
 0.9
10 Turkey
 0.7
11 Qatar
 0.6
12 Argentina
 0.6
13 Peru
 0.3
14 Dominican Republic
 0.3
15 Egypt
 0.3

December Deficits

Rank Country Deficit
1 China
 -24.5
2 Japan
 -5.7
3 Germany
 -5.4
4 Mexico
 -3.9
5 Canada
 -3.6
6 Saudi Arabia
 -1.7
7 Italy
 -1.7
8 Ireland
 -1.5
9 Vietnam
 -1.3
10 Venezuela
 -1.3
11 Thailand
 -1.2
12 Iraq
 -1.1
13 Korea, South
 -1.1
14 Russia
 -1.1
15 Taiwan
 -0.9

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Foreign Trade | ftdwebmast er@census.gov | Last Revised: August 06, 2013