List of the largest trading partners of the United States

The 30 largest trade partners of the United States represent 87.9% of U.S. exports, and 87.4% of U.S. imports as of 2017. These figures do not include services or foreign direct investment.

The largest US partners with their total trade in goods (sum of imports and exports) in millions of US dollars for calendar year 2017 are as follows:^[1]

A flow map of the largest trade partners of the US

United States imported $2.13 trillion from other countries in 2014

United States exported $1.44 trillion to other countries in 2014

U.S. trade deficit (in billions, goods and services) by country in 2017

Rank	Country/District	Exports	Imports	Total Trade	Trade Balance
-	World	1,546,273	2,341,963	3,888,236	-795,690
-	European Union^[2]	283,269	434,633	717,902	-151,363
1	China	129,894	505,470	635,364	-375,576
2	Canada	282,265	299,319	581,584	-17,054
3	Mexico	243,314	314,267	557,581	-70,953
-	*ASEAN*	78,255	168,948	247,203	-90,693
4	Japan	67,605	136,481	204,086	-68,876
5	Germany	53,897	117,575	171,472	-63,678
6	South Korea	48,326	71,444	119,770	-23,118
7	United Kingdom	56,258	53,060	109,318	+3,198
8	France	33,596	48,899	82,495	-15,303
9	India	25,689	48,603	74,292	-22,914
10	Italy	18,405	49,918	68,323	-31,513
11	Taiwan	25,730	42,462	68,192	-16,732
12	Brazil	37,222	29,452	66,674	+7,770
13	Netherlands	41,510	17,785	59,295	+23,725
14	Switzerland	21,685	35,997	57,682	-14,312
15	Ireland	10,708	48,797	59,505	-38,089
16	Vietnam	8,133	46,488	54,621	-38,355
17	Malaysia	12,964	37,396	50,360	-24,432
18	Singapore	29,806	19,367	49,173	+10,439
19	Hong Kong	39,939	7,376	47,315	+32,563
20	Belgium	29,924	14,997	44,921	+14,927
21	Thailand	10,992	31,152	42,144	-20,160
22	Saudi Arabia	18,881	16,348	35,229	+2,533
23	Australia	24,527	10,045	34,572	+14,482
24	Israel	12,550	21,945	34,495	-9,395
25	Indonesia	6,684	20,209	27,073	-13,525
26	Colombia	13,312	13,557	26,869	-245
27	Spain	11,064	15,645	26,709	-4,581
28	United Arab Emirates	20,020	4,269	24,289	+15,751
29	Chile	13,605	10,551	24,156	+3,054
30	Russia	6,998	17,021	24,019	-10,023
-	Top 30	1,359,143	2,046,186	3,405,329	-687,043

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[]

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%