The 30 largest trade partners of the United States represent 87.9 percent of U.S. exports, and 87.4 percent of U.S. imports as of 2021 [update] . These figures do not include services or foreign direct investment.
In 2023, Mexico is still the second largest trading partner of the United States after Canada. [1]
The largest US partners with their total trade in goods (sum of imports and exports) in billions of US dollars for calendar year 2021 are as follows:
Rank | Country/District | Exports | Imports | Total Trade | Trade Balance | Exports/Imports |
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- | World | 1,800.0 | 2,900.0 | 4,700.0 | -1,100.0 | 0.620 |
1 | Canada | 307.8 | 357.8 | 665.6 | -50.0 | 0.860 |
2 | Mexico | 276.5 | 384.7 | 661.2 | -108.2 | 0.718 |
3 | China | 151.4 | 504.9 | 655.4 | -353.5 | 0.299 |
- | European Union [2] | 232.4 | 399.3 | 631.8 | -166.9 | 0.582 |
- | ASEAN | 92.9 | 276.0 | 368.9 | -183.1 | 0.336 |
4 | Japan | 74.6 | 134.9 | 209.5 | -60.3 | 0.553 |
5 | Germany | 65.3 | 135.2 | 200.5 | -69.9 | 0.482 |
6 | South Korea | 65.9 | 94.9 | 160.8 | -29.0 | 0.694 |
7 | United Kingdom | 61.4 | 56.4 | 117.8 | +5.0 | 1.088 |
8 | Taiwan | 36.9 | 77.1 | 114.0 | -40.2 | 0.478 |
9 | India | 40.1 | 73.2 | 113.3 | -33.1 | 0.548 |
10 | Vietnam | 11.0 | 101.9 | 112.9 | -90.9 | 0.108 |
11 | Netherlands | 53.1 | 35.1 | 88.2 | +18.0 | 1.513 |
12 | Ireland | 13.8 | 73.7 | 87.5 | -59.9 | 0.187 |
13 | Switzerland | 23.7 | 63.2 | 86.9 | -39.5 | 0.375 |
14 | Italy | 21.7 | 61.0 | 82.7 | -39.3 | 0.356 |
15 | France | 29.9 | 50.1 | 80.0 | -20.2 | 0.597 |
16 | Brazil | 47.0 | 31.3 | 78.3 | +15.7 | 1.501 |
17 | Malaysia | 15.2 | 56.1 | 71.3 | -40.9 | 0.270 |
18 | Singapore | 35.3 | 29.5 | 64.8 | +5.8 | 1.196 |
19 | Thailand | 12.7 | 47.4 | 60.1 | -34.7 | 0.268 |
20 | Belgium | 33.7 | 21.0 | 54.7 | +12.7 | 1.604 |
21 | Australia | 26.5 | 12.5 | 39.0 | +14.0 | 2.120 |
22 | Indonesia | 9.4 | 27.1 | 36.5 | -17.7 | 0.346 |
23 | Russia | 6.4 | 29.6 | 36.0 | -23.2 | 0.216 |
24 | Spain | 16.3 | 18.6 | 34.9 | -2.3 | 0.876 |
25 | Hong Kong | 29.9 | 4.1 | 34.0 | +25.8 | 7.292 |
26 | Chile | 17.3 | 15.1 | 32.4 | +2.2 | 1.145 |
27 | Israel | 12.9 | 18.7 | 31.6 | -5.8 | 0.689 |
28 | Colombia | 16.7 | 13.2 | 29.9 | +3.5 | 1.265 |
29 | Saudi Arabia | 11.1 | 13.7 | 24.8 | -2.6 | 0.810 |
30 | Philippines | 9.3 | 14.0 | 23.3 | -4.7 | 0.664 |
- | Top 30 | 1,532.8 | 2,556.0 | 4,087.9 | -1,018.0 | 0.599 |
Country | Exports | Imports | Trade Deficit |
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China | 123,676 | 446,754 | 343,078 |
European Union | 276,142 | 418,754 | 142,059 |
Germany | 49,363 | 123,260 | 73,897 |
Japan | 66,827 | 134,004 | 67,117 |
Mexico | 240,249 | 294,074 | 53,825 |
Canada | 312,421 | 347,798 | 35,377 |
Saudi Arabia | 18,705 | 47,041 | 28,336 |
Ireland | 7,806 | 33,956 | 26,150 |
Italy | 16,968 | 42,115 | 25,147 |
South Korea | 44,471 | 69,518 | 25,047 |
India | 21,608 | 45,244 | 23,636 |
Malaysia | 13,068 | 30,420 | 17,352 |
France | 31,301 | 46,874 | 15,573 |
Thailand | 11,810 | 27,123 | 15,313 |
Taiwan | 26,670 | 40,581 | 13,911 |
Switzerland | 22,176 | 31,191 | 9,015 |
Israel | 15,083 | 22,962 | 7,879 |
United Kingdom | 53,823 | 54,392 | 569 |
Balance of Trade 2014 [5] | |||||||||
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China | Euro Area | Japan | Mexico | Pacific | Canada | Middle East | Lat. America | Total by Product | |
Computer | -151.9 | 3.4 | -8.0 | -11.0 | -26.1 | 20.9 | 5.8 | 12.1 | -155.0 |
Oil, Gas, Minerals | 1.9 | 6.4 | 2.4 | -20.8 | 1.1 | -79.8 | -45.1 | -15.9 | -149.7 |
Transportation | 10.9 | -30.9 | -46.2 | -59.5 | -0.5 | -6.1 | 17.1 | 8.8 | -106.3 |
Apparel | -56.3 | -4.9 | 0.6 | -4.2 | -6.3 | 2.5 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -69.9 |
Electrical Equipment | -35.9 | -2.4 | -4.0 | -8.5 | -3.3 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | -40.4 |
Misc. Manufacturing | -35.3 | 4.9 | 2.7 | -2.8 | -1.4 | 5.8 | -1.5 | 1.8 | -25.8 |
Furniture | -18.3 | -1.2 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -22.6 |
Machinery | -19.9 | -27.0 | -18.8 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 9.1 | -22.4 |
Primary Metals | -3.1 | 3.1 | -1.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | -8.9 | -0.9 | -10.4 | -19.1 |
Fabricated Metals | -17.9 | -5.9 | -3.5 | 2.8 | -4.3 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | -18.5 |
Plastics | -15.7 | -1.9 | -2.0 | 5.7 | -4.1 | 2.6 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -15.0 |
Textile | -12.3 | -1.1 | -0.3 | 2.8 | -4.6 | 1.5 | -0.9 | 0.2 | -14.7 |
Beverages, Tobacco | 1.3 | -9.9 | 0.6 | -3.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | -0.6 | -10.6 |
Nonmetallic Minerals | -6.1 | -1.9 | -0.4 | -1.2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -8.9 |
Paper | -2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 1.2 | -9.8 | 0.9 | -1.9 | -5.8 |
Chemical | -3.9 | -39.5 | -1.5 | 19.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | -2.4 | 15.8 | -4.7 |
Food | 0.7 | -3.6 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.4 | -1.1 | 9.5 |
Agriculture | 17.8 | 6.2 | 7.3 | -3.0 | 5.7 | -0.8 | 2.8 | -6.5 | 29.5 |
Petroleum | 0.6 | -1.2 | 0.1 | 16.6 | -2.0 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 18.3 | 32.9 |
Total by Country/Area | -346.1 | -106.1 | -65.6 | -54.9 | -33.0 | -29.0 | -15.1 | 32.3 |
The United States is also the primary export or import partner of several countries. The percentages on these tables are based on 2016 data as shown on the CIA World Factbook.
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