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Table 2-7. Top 25 Trading Partners of the United States in Merchandise: 1998-2006 (Current $ Billions)

By a wide margin, Canada is this country's top trading partner followed by China and Mexico. China's share of trade with the United States more than doubled between 1998 and 2006, from 5 percent of total merchandise trade to nearly 12 percent.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Partner 2006 Rank 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Canada 1 329.0 405.6 371.4 445.0 533.7
China 2 85.4 116.3 147.2 231.4 343.0
Mexico 3 173.7 247.6 232.3 266.6 332.4
Japan 4 179.9 211.8 172.9 184.0 207.7
Germany 5 76.5 88.0 89.1 108.6 130.4
United Kingdom 6 73.9 85.0 74.1 82.4 98.8
South Korea 7 40.5 68.2 58.2 72.5 78.3
France 8 41.8 50.0 47.4 53.1 61.4
Taiwan 9 51.3 64.9 50.6 56.3 61.2
Malaysia 10 28.0 36.6 34.4 39.1 49.1
Netherlands 11 26.6 31.7 28.2 36.9 48.4
Venezuela 12 15.8 24.2 19.6 29.7 46.2
Brazil 13 25.3 29.2 28.2 35.0 45.6
Italy 14 30.0 36.0 34.4 38.8 45.2
Singapore 15 34.0 37.0 31.0 34.9 42.5
Saudi Arabia 16 16.9 20.4 17.9 26.2 39.5
Ireland 17 14.0 24.1 29.1 35.6 37.2
Belgium 18 22.3 23.9 23.2 29.3 35.8
India 19 11.8 14.3 15.9 21.7 31.9
Thailand 20 18.7 23.0 19.7 23.9 30.6
Nigeria 21 5.0 11.3 7.0 17.8 30.1
Israel 22 15.6 20.7 19.5 23.7 30.1
Switzerland 23 15.9 20.1 17.2 20.9 28.6
Australia 24 17.3 18.9 19.6 21.8 26.0
Hong Kong 25 23.5 26.1 21.9 25.1 25.7
Top 25 total1 empty Cell 1,386.3 1,746.7 1,621.2 1,960.5 2,439.5
U.S. total trade empty Cell 1,594.4 1,997.3 1,856.8 2,287.6 2,892.3
Top 25 as % of total empty Cell 87 87 87 86 84

1Represents the top 25 trading partners in the reference year, not necessarily the top 25 partners in previous years.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, TradeStats Express, available at http://www.ita.doc.gov/ as of June 12, 2007.


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