List of the largest trading partners of the United States

The 15 largest trade 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. 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
 European Union 184.3 260.6 444.8 -76.3
 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 five (Germany, UK, France, Netherlands and Italy) 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

The United States is also the primary export or import partner of several countries. The percentages on these tables are based on 2012 data as shown on the CIA World Factbook. Some countries are repeated from the previous table.

   
Exports[4]
Region Percentage
 Chad81.9%
 Haiti81.7%
 Mexico78.0%
 Canada74.5%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis56.0%
 Nicaragua55.6%
 Jamaica48.0%
 El Salvador47.3%
 Dominican Republic47.0%
 Trinidad and Tobago42.1%
 Guatemala40.2%
 Venezuela39.1%
 Costa Rica38.9%
 Ecuador37.3%
 Colombia36.6%
 Honduras34.5%
 Cambodia32.6%
 Belize31.8%
 Guyana30.8%
 Israel27.8%
 Suriname25.7%
 Iraq21.1%
 Sri Lanka20.4%
 Panama20.2%
 Bangladesh18.7%
 Ireland17.9%
 Vietnam17.8%
 Nigeria16.8%
 Jordan16.6%
 Fiji14.6%
 Saudi Arabia14.2%
 Saint Lucia13.9%
 Pakistan13.6%
Imports[5]
Region Percentage
 Canada50.6%
 Mexico49.9%
 Costa Rica49.8%
 Aruba46.4%
 Honduras44.3%
 Dominican Republic43.3%
 Guatemala38.0%
 Jamaica36.1%
 El Salvador35.4%
 Trinidad and Tobago33.1%
 Saint Kitts and Nevis31.7%
 Venezuela31.7%
 Bahamas30.1%
 Ecuador28.4%
 Suriname26.0%
 Peru24.6%
 Colombia24.2%
 Belize23.6%
 Panama23.6%
 Chile22.9%
 Guyana22.2%
 Nicaragua19.0%
 Qatar14.2%
 Israel12.9%
 Kuwait11.8%
 Philippines11.5%
 Lebanon11.2%

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/top/top1112yr.html
  2. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau "US Trade: Top Trading Partners - Total Trade, Exports, Imports"
  3. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau "Trade with European Union : 2011"
  4. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2050.html
  5. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2061.html