List of the largest trading partners of the United States

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the fifteen largest trading partners of the United States represent 73.9% of U.S. imports, and 71.7% of U.S. exports as of December 2011.[1] These figures do not include services or foreign direct investment, but only trade in goods.

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Countries with which the United States trades the most[edit]

The largest U.S. partners with their total trade (sum of imports and exports) in billions of US Dollars for calendar year 2012 are as follows: [2]

A flow map of the largest trade partners of the US
Country Exports Imports Total Trade Trade Balance
 Canada 292.9 324.2 616.7 -31.8
 China 110.6 425.6 536.2 -315
 Mexico 216.3 277.7 494 -61.4
 Japan 70 146.4 216.4 -76.4
 Germany 48.8 108.5 157.3 -59.7
 United Kingdom 54.8 54.9 109.8 -0.1
 South Korea 42.3 58.9 101.2 -16.6
 Brazil 43.7 32.1 75.8 11.6
 Saudi Arabia 13.8 55.7 73.8 -37.6
 France 30.8 41.6 72.4 -10.8
 Taiwan 24.4 38.9 63.2 -14.5
 Netherlands 40.7 22.3 63 18.4
 India 22.3 40.5 62.9 -18.2
 Venezuela 17.6 38.7 56.4 -21.1
 Italy 16 36.9 52.9 -20.9

This list does not include the European Union (EU), which includes four (Germany, UK, France, Netherlands) of the above states in a single economic entity. As a single economy, the EU is the largest trading partner of the US with $367.8 billion worth of EU goods going to the US and $268.6 billion of US goods going to the EU as of 2011, totaling approximately $636.4 billion in total trade.[3]

Countries of which United States is the largest trading partner[edit]

The United States is also the primary export or import partner of many countries. Some countries are repeated from the previous table. The percentages are exact 2011 calculations unless otherwise noted.

Region Percentage of total exports[4] notes
 Haiti 83.9%
 Chad 83.2%
 Mexico 78.6%
 Canada 73.7%
 Nicaragua 60.1%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.7%
 Niger 49.2%
 Dominican Republic 48.8%
 El Salvador 45.1% dollarized
 Trinidad and Tobago 43.6%
 Colombia 42.0%
 Gabon 41.7%
 Venezuela 40.2%
 Cambodia 39.5%
 Belize 38.1%
 Guatemala 37.9%
 Ecuador 37.8% dollarized
 Jamaica 36.8%
 Honduras 33.1%
 Costa Rica 30.4%
 Nigeria 29.1%
 Israel 28.8%
 Suriname 23.9%
 Ireland 22.3%
 Liberia 21.2%
 Algeria 20.6%
 Sri Lanka 19.8%
 Bangladesh 19.4%
 Vietnam 18.0% 2011 est.
 China 17.1%
 Jordan 15.4%
 Pakistan 15.0% 2012 est.
 Panama 13.1%
Region Percentage of total imports[5] notes
 Aruba 50.6%
 Mexico 49.7%
 Canada 49.5%
 Honduras 46.0%
 Dominican Republic 43.6%
 Costa Rica 43.0%
 Guatemala 40.4%
 El Salvador 39.0% dollarized
 Belize 38.2%
 Jamaica 32.8%
 Trinidad and Tobago 32.8%
 Colombia 29.2%
 Venezuela 28.6%
 Ecuador 27.6% dollarized
 Suriname 26.1%
 Bahamas 25.8%
 Peru 24.5%
 Guyana 21.3%
 Nicaragua 21.3%
 Chile 20.1%
 Brazil 15.1%
 Qatar 12.7%
 Kuwait 12.4%
 Israel 11.8%
 Philippines 10.8%
 Singapore 10.8%
 Egypt 10.7%
 Lebanon 10.2%

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