List of countries by leading trade partners

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For most countries in the world, their leading export and import trading partner in terms of value is either the European Union, or to a lesser degree, the United States. Other countries like China, Japan, Russia, Brazil and South Africa are emerging as significant markets or source countries in different parts of the world.

Individually for each European Union member trade with all other European Union members collectively is greater than any other trading partner. The European Union and the United States are each other's largest export market. However both the European Union and the United States have China as their largest origin of imports. China's own largest source of imports is Japan, which in turn has China as its largest import and export trading partner. In other parts of the world the European Union or the United States is the largest trading partner, however other leading trading countries may be the most prominent in certain countries. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are becoming increasingly dominant in their respective regional areas.

Some isolated countries depend on a larger neighbour to be their largest trading partner - Venezuela is Cuba's key export market, while Uzbekistan is the leading origin of imports into Tajikistan and Afghanistan, its landlocked neighbours.

The largest import and export merchandise trade partners for most countries of the world are listed below. Details for the European Union, Hong Kong and Macau are also included. In most cases the data relates to 2009 rankings. Data was extracted from the World Trade Organization's Trade Profile Database

Country	Leading export market	Leading import source
Afghanistan	Pakistan	Uzbekistan
Albania	European Union	European Union
Algeria	European Union	European Union
Angola	n/a	n/a
Antigua and Barbuda	Netherlands Antilles	United States
Argentina	Brazil	Brazil
Armenia	European Union	European Union
Australia	China	European Union
Austria	European Union	European Union
Azerbaijan	Turkey	Russia
Bahamas	United States	United States
Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	European Union
Bangladesh	European Union	China
Barbados	United States	United States
Belarus	European Union	Russia
Belgium	European Union	European Union
Belize	United States	United States
Benin	China	European Union
Bhutan	India	India
Bolivia	Brazil	Brazil
Bosnia	European Union	European Union
Botswana	European Union	South Africa
Brazil	European Union	European Union
Brunei	Japan	Malaysia
Bulgaria	European Union	European Union
Burkina Faso	Togo	European Union
Burundi	United Arab Emirates	European Union
Cambodia	United States	China
Cameroon	European Union	European Union
Canada	United States	United States
Cape Verde	European Union	European Union
Central African Republic	European Union	European Union
Chad	n/a	n/a
Chile	China	United States
China	European Union	Japan
Colombia	United States	United States
Comoros	European Union	United Arab Emirates
Congo	n/a	n/a
Costa Rica	United States	United States
Croatia	European Union	European Union
Cuba	Venezuela	European Union
Cyprus	European Union	European Union
Czech Republic	European Union	European Union
Denmark	European Union	European Union
Djibouti	Ethiopia	European Union
Dominica	European Union	United States
Dominican Republic	United States	United States
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	n/a	n/a
Ecuador	United States	United States
Egypt	European Union	European Union
El Salvador	United States	United States
Equatorial Guinea	n/a	n/a
Eritrea	European Union	European Union
Estonia	European Union	European Union
Ethiopia	European Union	China
European Union	United States	China
Fiji	Singapore	Singapore
Finland	European Union	European Union
France	European Union	European Union
Macedonia	European Union	European Union
Gabon	United States	European Union
Gambia	Senegal	European Union
Georgia	European Union	European Union
Germany	European Union	European Union
Ghana	South Africa	European Union
Greece	European Union	European Union
Grenada	Dominica	United States
Guatemala	United States	United States
Guinea	European Union	European Union
Guinea-Bissau	India	European Union
Guyana	European Union	United States
Haiti	n/a	n/a
Honduras	United States	United States
Hong Kong	China	China
Hungary	European Union	European Union
Iceland	European Union	European Union
India	European Union	European Union
Indonesia	China	China
Iran	Japan	European Union
Iraq	n/a	n/a
Ireland	European Union	European Union
Israel	United States	European Union
Italy	European Union	European Union
Ivory Coast	European Union	European Union
Jamaica	United States	United States
Japan	China	China
Jordan	Iraq	European Union
Kazakhstan	European Union	Russia
Kenya	European Union	European Union
Kuwait	United Arab Emirates	European Union
Kyrgyzstan	Switzerland	Russia
Laos	n/a	n/a
Latvia	European Union	European Union
Lebanon	Switzerland	European Union
Lesotho	United States	South Africa
Libya	n/a	n/a
Lithuania	European Union	European Union
Luxembourg	European Union	European Union
Macao	Hong Kong	China
Madagascar	European Union	European Union
Malawi	European Union	South Africa
Malaysia	Singapore	China
Maldives	Thailand	Singapore
Mali	South Africa	European Union
Malta	European Union	European Union
Mauritania	European Union	European Union
Mauritius	European Union	European Union
Mexico	United States	United States
Moldova	European Union	European Union
Mongolia	China	Russia
Montenegro	n/a	n/a
Morocco	European Union	European Union
Mozambique	European Union	South Africa
Myanmar	n/a	n/a
Namibia	South Africa	South Africa
Nepal	India	India
Netherlands	European Union	European Union
New Zealand	Australia	Australia
Nicaragua	United States	United States
Niger	European Union	European Union
Nigeria	United States	European Union
Norway	European Union	European Union
Oman	China	European Union
Pakistan	European Union	European Union
Panama	United States	United States
Papua New Guinea	European Union	Australia
Paraguay	Brazil	China
Peru	United States	United States
Philippines	European Union	Japan
Poland	European Union	European Union
Portugal	European Union	European Union
Qatar	Japan	European Union
Romania	European Union	European Union
Russia	European Union	European Union
Rwanda	European Union	European Union
Saint Kitts and Nevis	United States	United States
Saint Lucia	United States	United States
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Trinidad and Tobago	United States
Samoa	Australia	New Zealand
Sao Tome and Principe	European Union	European Union
Saudi Arabia	Japan	European Union
Senegal	Mali	European Union
Serbia	European Union	European Union
Seychelles	European Union	European Union
Sierra Leone	United States	Côte d'Ivoire
Singapore	Hong Kong	European Union
Slovakia	European Union	European Union
Slovenia	European Union	European Union
Solomon Islands	China	Australia
South Africa	European Union	European Union
Korea, South	China	China
Spain	European Union	European Union
Sri Lanka	European Union	India
Sudan	China	China
Suriname	European Union	United States
Swaziland	South Africa	South Africa
Sweden	European Union	European Union
Switzerland	European Union	European Union
Syria	European Union	European Union
Taiwan	China	Japan
Tajikistan	Russia	Uzbekistan
Tanzania	Switzerland	European Union
Thailand	European Union	Japan
Togo	Niger	European Union
Tonga	New Zealand	New Zealand
Trinidad and Tobago	United States	United States
Tunisia	European Union	European Union
Turkey	European Union	European Union
Turkmenistan	Russia	Russia
Uganda	European Union	European Union
Ukraine	European Union	Russia
United Arab Emirates	India	European Union
United Kingdom	European Union	European Union
United States	European Union	China
Uruguay	Brazil	Argentina
Uzbekistan	n/a	n/a
Vanuatu	European Union	Australia
Venezuela	United States	United States
Vietnam	United States	China
Yemen	China	European Union
Zambia	Switzerland	South Africa
Zimbabwe	South Africa	South Africa

Colour indicate leading merchandise export destination for indicated country (EU aggregated), c2007-10

Colour indicate leading source of merchandise imports for indicated country (EU aggregated), c2007-10