Table 2-5. Top 25 Trading Partners of the United States (Merchandise Trade) ($ billions)

By a wide margin, Canada is this country's top trading partner followed by Mexico and China. China's share of trade with the United States more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, from 5 percent of total merchandise trade to 11 percent.

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Partner	2005 Rank	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005
Canada	1	329.0	405.6	371.4	445.0	499.3
Mexico	2	173.7	247.6	232.3	266.6	290.2
China	3	85.4	116.3	147.2	231.4	285.3
Japan	4	179.9	211.8	172.9	184.0	193.5
Germany	5	76.5	88.0	89.1	108.6	119.0
United Kingdom	6	73.9	85.0	74.1	82.4	89.7
South Korea	7	40.5	68.2	58.2	72.5	71.4
Taiwan	8	51.3	64.9	50.6	56.3	56.9
France	9	41.8	50.0	47.4	53.1	56.2
Malaysia	10	28.0	36.6	34.4	39.1	44.2
Italy	11	30.0	36.0	34.4	38.8	42.5
Netherlands	12	26.6	31.7	28.2	36.9	41.4
Venezuela	13	15.8	24.2	19.6	29.7	40.4
Brazil	14	25.3	29.2	28.2	35.0	39.8
Ireland	15	14.0	24.1	29.1	35.6	38.0
Singapore	16	34.0	37.0	31.0	34.9	35.8
Saudi Arabia	17	16.9	20.4	17.9	26.2	34.1
Belgium	18	22.3	23.9	23.2	29.3	31.6
Thailand	19	18.7	23.0	19.7	23.9	27.1
India	20	11.8	14.3	15.9	21.7	26.8
Israel	21	15.6	20.7	19.5	23.7	26.6
Nigeria	22	5.0	11.3	7.0	17.8	25.8
Hong Kong	23	23.5	26.1	21.9	25.1	25.2
Switzerland	24	15.9	20.1	17.2	20.9	23.7
Australia	25	17.3	18.9	19.6	21.8	23.1
Top 25 total1		1,386.3	1,746.7	1,621.2	1,960.5	2,187.5
U.S. total trade		1,594.4	1,997.3	1,856.8	2,287.6	2,575.3
Top 25 as % of total		87	87	87	86	85

¹Represents top 25 trading partners in the reference year not necessarily the partners shown here.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, TradeStats Express, available at http://www.ita.doc.gov/ as of April 4, 2006.