List of the largest trading partners of the United States

Summary

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. 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:

A flow map of the largest trade partners of the US
Rank Country/District Exports Imports Total Trade Trade Balance Exports/Imports
- 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
Imports / Exports / Trade Deficits of the United States in 2014 ($Millions)[3][4]
Country Exports Imports Trade Deficit
 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]
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

Countries of which United States is the largest trading partner edit

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.

Exports[6]
Region Percentage
  Mexico 81.0%
  Haiti 80.8%
  Canada 76.4%
  Chad 57.0%
  Bahamas 53.4%
  Nicaragua 51.5%
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 49.6%
  Saint Lucia 48.8%
  El Salvador 48.3%
  Dominican Republic 47.3%
  Gabon 45.7%
  Costa Rica 41.0%
  Jamaica 40.8%
  Barbados 39.6%
  Trinidad and Tobago 39.2%
  Honduras 36.7%
  Venezuela 35.1%
  Guatemala 34.0%
  Colombia 33.5%
  Ecuador 32.3%
  Israel 29.3%
  Grenada 28.4%
  Malta 27.3%
  Sri Lanka 27.3%
  Ireland 26.0%
  Jordan 25.2%
  Fiji 21.8%
  Panama 21.4%
  Cambodia 21.3%
  Japan 20.2%
  Vietnam 20.2%
  China 18.2%
  Pakistan 16.3%
  India 16.0%
  United Kingdom 14.8%
  Bangladesh 13.1%
  Thailand 11.4%
  Ethiopia 9.7%
  Germany 8.9%
Imports[7]
Region Percentage
  Bahamas 81.8%
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.8%
  Aruba 55.4%
  Bermuda 54.2%
  Canada 52.2%
  Mexico 46.6%
  Antigua and Barbuda 44.3%
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44.0%
  Dominican Republic 40.4%
  Saint Lucia 39.8%
  Barbados 39.0%
  Jamaica 39.0%
  Guatemala 38.1%
  El Salvador 37.9%
  Belize 37.2%
  Costa Rica 37.1%
  Trinidad and Tobago 33.4%
  Honduras 32.8%
  Grenada 32.7%
  Brunei 28.4%
  Colombia 26.4%
  Panama 25.7%
  Palau 24.6%
  Dominica 23.4%
  Equatorial Guinea 23.3%
  Ecuador 23.0%
  Gibraltar 22.3%
  Venezuela 22.1%
  Suriname 21.2%
  Nicaragua 19.7%
  Haiti 19.3%
  Brazil 17.6%
  Qatar 13.7%
  Mauritania 13.4%
  Israel 12.2%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China". Feaderal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ "2016 : U.S. trade in goods with European Union". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  3. ^ "Top US Exports".
  4. ^ "United States Top 10 Imports". 4 November 2016.
  5. ^ "This chart shows how America stacks up in trade with everyone in the world". Business Insider.
  6. ^ "Exports - partners". World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency.
  7. ^ "Imports - partners". World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency.