Freight Facts and Figures 2009
Table 2-7. Top 25 Trading Partners of the United States in Merchandise Trade: 1998-2008
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 2008, from 5 percent of total merchandise trade to 12 percent.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
Billions of current U.S. dollars
| Partner |
2008 Rank |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
| Canada |
1 |
329.9 |
409.8 |
370.0 |
446.2 |
533.7 |
596.5 |
| China |
2 |
85.4 |
116.2 |
147.3 |
231.4 |
343.0 |
409.2 |
| Mexico |
3 |
173.4 |
247.3 |
232.1 |
266.7 |
332.4 |
367.5 |
| Japan |
4 |
179.7 |
211.4 |
172.9 |
184.0 |
207.7 |
205.8 |
| Germany |
5 |
76.5 |
88.0 |
89.1 |
108.7 |
130.4 |
152.3 |
| United Kingdom |
6 |
73.9 |
84.9 |
73.9 |
82.3 |
98.8 |
112.4 |
| South Korea |
7 |
40.4 |
68.1 |
58.1 |
72.6 |
78.3 |
82.9 |
| France |
8 |
41.7 |
50.2 |
47.3 |
52.9 |
61.4 |
73.2 |
| Saudi Arabia |
9 |
16.8 |
20.6 |
17.9 |
26.2 |
39.5 |
67.3 |
| Venezuela |
10 |
15.7 |
24.2 |
19.5 |
29.7 |
46.2 |
64.0 |
| Brazil |
11 |
25.2 |
29.2 |
28.2 |
35.1 |
45.6 |
63.4 |
| Taiwan |
12 |
51.3 |
64.9 |
50.5 |
56.4 |
61.2 |
61.6 |
| Netherlands |
13 |
26.6 |
31.5 |
28.2 |
36.7 |
48.4 |
61.4 |
| Italy |
14 |
29.9 |
36.1 |
34.3 |
38.8 |
45.2 |
51.6 |
| Belgium |
15 |
22.4 |
23.9 |
23.1 |
29.3 |
35.8 |
46.4 |
| Singapore |
16 |
34.0 |
37.0 |
31.0 |
35.0 |
42.5 |
44.7 |
| India |
17 |
11.8 |
14.4 |
15.9 |
21.7 |
31.9 |
44.4 |
| Malaysia |
18 |
28.0 |
36.5 |
34.4 |
39.1 |
49.1 |
43.7 |
| Nigeria |
19 |
5.0 |
11.3 |
7.0 |
17.8 |
30.1 |
42.2 |
| Ireland |
20 |
14.0 |
24.2 |
29.2 |
35.6 |
37.2 |
40.2 |
| Switzerland |
21 |
15.9 |
20.1 |
17.2 |
20.9 |
28.6 |
39.8 |
| Israel |
22 |
15.6 |
20.7 |
19.4 |
23.7 |
30.1 |
36.8 |
| Russian Federation |
23 |
9.3 |
9.8 |
9.3 |
14.9 |
24.5 |
36.1 |
| Australia |
24 |
17.3 |
18.9 |
19.6 |
21.8 |
26.0 |
33.0 |
| Thailand |
25 |
18.7 |
23.0 |
19.7 |
23.9 |
30.6 |
32.6 |
| Top 25 total1 |
 |
1,386.3 |
1,746.7 |
1,621.2 |
1,960.5 |
2,438.3 |
2,809.0 |
| U.S. total trade |
|
1,594.0 |
1,999.9 |
1,854.5 |
2,288.5 |
2,892.3 |
3,400.3 |
| Top 25 as % of total |
|
87.0 |
87.3 |
87.4 |
85.7 |
84.3 |
82.6 |
1Top 25 trading partners change each year. Totals represent the top 25 trading partners for each year, not necessarily the top 25 trading partners listed here for 2008.
Note:
Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, TradeStats Express, available at www.ita.doc.gov/ as of June 15, 2009.
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