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

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Partner 2006 Rank 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Canada 1 271.1 289.1 318.2 329.0 362.2 405.6 380.7 371.4 393.6 445.0 499.3 533.7
China 2 57.3 63.5 75.4 85.4 94.9 116.3 121.5 147.2 180.8 231.4 285.3 343.0
Mexico 3 108.0 129.7 157.3 173.7 196.8 247.6 232.9 232.3 235.5 266.6 290.2 332.4
Japan 4 187.9 182.8 187.0 179.9 188.9 211.8 184.2 172.9 170.1 184.0 193.5 207.7
Germany 5 59.2 62.4 67.5 76.5 81.9 88.0 89.3 89.1 96.9 108.6 119.0 130.4
United Kingdom 6 55.7 59.8 69.1 73.9 77.5 85.0 82.2 74.1 76.6 82.4 89.7 98.8
South Korea 7 49.6 49.3 48.2 40.5 54.2 68.2 57.4 58.2 61.1 72.5 71.4 78.3
France 8 31.4 33.1 36.7 41.8 44.7 50.0 50.2 47.4 46.3 53.1 56.2 61.4
Taiwan 9 48.3 48.3 53.0 51.3 54.3 64.9 51.5 50.6 49.1 56.3 56.9 61.2
Malaysia 10 26.3 26.3 28.8 28.0 30.5 36.6 31.7 34.4 36.4 39.1 44.2 49.1
Netherlands 11 22.9 23.2 27.1 26.6 27.9 31.7 29.0 28.2 31.7 36.9 41.4 48.4
Venezuela 12 14.4 17.6 20.1 15.8 16.6 24.2 20.9 19.6 20.0 29.7 40.4 46.2
Brazil 13 20.3 21.5 25.5 25.3 24.6 29.2 30.4 28.2 29.1 35.0 39.8 45.6
Italy 14 25.4 27.0 28.3 30.0 32.5 36.0 33.7 34.4 36.0 38.8 42.5 45.2
Singapore 15 33.9 37.0 37.8 34.0 34.4 37.0 32.7 31.0 31.7 34.9 35.8 42.5
Saudi Arabia 16 14.3 16.1 18.0 16.9 16.1 20.4 19.3 17.9 22.7 26.2 34.1 39.5
Ireland 17 8.2 8.5 10.5 14.0 17.4 24.1 25.7 29.1 33.5 35.6 38.0 37.2
Belgium 18 18.5 19.3 21.3 22.3 21.6 23.9 23.7 23.2 25.4 29.3 31.6 35.8
India 19 9.0 9.5 10.9 11.8 12.8 14.3 13.5 15.9 18.0 21.7 26.8 31.9
Thailand 20 17.8 18.5 20.0 18.7 19.3 23.0 20.7 19.7 21.0 23.9 27.1 30.6
Nigeria 21 5.4 6.7 7.2 5.0 5.0 11.3 9.7 7.0 11.4 17.8 25.8 30.1
Israel 22 11.3 12.4 13.3 15.6 17.6 20.7 19.5 19.5 19.6 23.7 26.6 30.1
Switzerland 23 13.8 16.2 16.7 15.9 18.0 20.1 19.4 17.2 19.3 20.9 23.7 28.6
Australia 24 14.1 15.8 16.6 17.3 17.1 18.9 17.4 19.6 19.5 21.8 23.1 26.0
Hong Kong 25 24.5 23.8 25.4 23.5 23.2 26.1 23.7 21.9 22.4 25.1 25.2 25.7
Top 25 total1 empty Cell 1,158.5 1,229.9 1,354.0 1,386.3 1,504.7 1,746.7 1,630.3 1,621.2 1,714.4 1,960.5 2,187.5 2,439.5
U.S. total trade empty Cell 1,326.5 1,414.1 1,557.8 1,594.4 1,717.6 1,997.3 1,873.0 1,856.8 1,983.1 2,287.6 2,575.3 2,892.3
Top 25 as % of total empty Cell 87 87 87 87 88 87 87 87 86 86 85 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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