Freight Facts and Figures 2009
Table 2-7. Top 25 Trading Partners of the United States in Merchandise Trade: 1995-2008 (Historical)
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Billions of current U.S. dollars
| Partner |
2008 Rank |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| 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 |
561.5 |
596.5 |
| 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 |
386.7 |
409.2 |
| 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 |
347.3 |
367.5 |
| 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 |
208.1 |
205.8 |
| 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 |
144.0 |
152.3 |
| 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 |
107.2 |
112.4 |
| 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 |
82.3 |
82.9 |
| 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 |
69.0 |
73.2 |
| Saudi Arabia |
9 |
14.3 |
16.1 |
18.0 |
16.9 |
16.1 |
20.4 |
19.3 |
17.9 |
22.7 |
26.2 |
34.1 |
39.5 |
46.0 |
67.3 |
| Venezuela |
10 |
14.4 |
17.6 |
20.1 |
15.8 |
16.6 |
24.2 |
20.9 |
19.6 |
20.0 |
29.7 |
40.4 |
46.2 |
50.1 |
64.0 |
| Brazil |
11 |
20.3 |
21.5 |
25.5 |
25.3 |
24.6 |
29.2 |
30.4 |
28.2 |
29.1 |
35.0 |
39.8 |
45.6 |
50.3 |
63.4 |
| Taiwan |
12 |
48.3 |
48.3 |
53.0 |
51.3 |
54.3 |
64.9 |
51.5 |
50.6 |
49.1 |
56.3 |
56.9 |
61.2 |
64.7 |
61.6 |
| Netherlands |
13 |
22.9 |
23.2 |
27.1 |
26.6 |
27.9 |
31.7 |
29.0 |
28.2 |
31.7 |
36.9 |
41.4 |
48.4 |
51.4 |
61.4 |
| 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 |
49.2 |
51.6 |
| Belgium |
15 |
18.5 |
19.3 |
21.3 |
22.3 |
21.6 |
23.9 |
23.7 |
23.2 |
25.4 |
29.3 |
31.6 |
35.8 |
40.6 |
46.4 |
| Singapore |
16 |
33.9 |
37.0 |
37.8 |
34.0 |
34.4 |
37.0 |
32.7 |
31.0 |
31.7 |
34.9 |
35.8 |
42.5 |
44.7 |
44.7 |
| India |
17 |
9.0 |
9.5 |
10.9 |
11.8 |
12.8 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
15.9 |
18.0 |
21.7 |
26.8 |
31.9 |
41.6 |
44.4 |
| Malaysia |
18 |
26.3 |
26.3 |
28.8 |
28.0 |
30.5 |
36.6 |
31.7 |
34.4 |
36.4 |
39.1 |
44.2 |
49.1 |
44.5 |
43.7 |
| Nigeria |
19 |
5.4 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
11.3 |
9.7 |
7.0 |
11.4 |
17.8 |
25.8 |
30.1 |
35.6 |
42.2 |
| Ireland |
20 |
8.2 |
8.5 |
10.5 |
14.0 |
17.4 |
24.1 |
25.7 |
29.1 |
33.5 |
35.6 |
38.0 |
37.2 |
39.4 |
40.2 |
| Switzerland |
21 |
13.8 |
16.2 |
16.7 |
15.9 |
18.0 |
20.1 |
19.4 |
17.2 |
19.3 |
20.9 |
23.7 |
28.6 |
31.8 |
39.8 |
| 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 |
33.8 |
36.8 |
| Russian Federation |
23 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
9.3 |
8.0 |
9.8 |
9.0 |
9.3 |
11.1 |
14.9 |
19.3 |
24.5 |
26.6 |
36.1 |
| 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 |
27.8 |
33.0 |
| Thailand |
25 |
17.8 |
18.5 |
20.0 |
18.7 |
19.3 |
23.0 |
20.7 |
19.7 |
21.0 |
23.9 |
27.1 |
30.6 |
31.2 |
32.6 |
| Top 25 total1 |
 |
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 |
2,615.8 |
2,809.0 |
| U.S. total trade |
|
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 |
3,116.4 |
3,400.3 |
| Top 25 as % of total |
|
87 |
87 |
87 |
87 |
88 |
87 |
87 |
87 |
86 |
86 |
85 |
84 |
84 |
83 |
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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