Table 6,,,,,,,
Top 25 U.S. International Merchandise Trade Partners by Value: 1970 and 2001,,,,,,,
(Millions of current U.S. dollars),,,,,,,
Rank in 1970,Country,"Total trade by
all modes ",,,,,
1,Canada ," 20,171 ",,,,,
2,Japan," 10,527 ",,,,,
3,Germany1," 5,910 ",,,,,
4,United Kingdom," 4,730 ",,,,,
5,Mexico ," 2,923 ",,,,,
6,Italy ," 2,669 ",,,,,
7,France ," 2,425 ",,,,,
8,Netherlands ," 2,179 ",,,,,
9,Belgium and Luxembourg ," 1,891 ",,,,,
10,Venezuela ," 1,841 ",,,,,
11,Australia," 1,597 ",,,,,
12,Brazil ," 1,510 ",,,,,
13,Hong Kong," 1,350 ",,,,,
14,Switzerland," 1,159 ",,,,,
15,Taiwan," 1,076 ",,,,,
16,Spain ," 1,075 ",,,,,
17,South Korea," 1,013 ",,,,,
18,Sweden, 942 ,,,,,
19,India, 870 ,,,,,
20,South Africa, 853 ,,,,,
21,Phillipines, 845 ,,,,,
22,Israel, 742 ,,,,,
23,Colombia , 664 ,,,,,
24,Argentina , 613 ,,,,,
25,Peru , 555 ,,,,,
,"All other trading
partners"," 13,046 ",,,,,
,Top 25 countries," 70,130 ",,,,,
,"Top 25, % of total", 84.3 ,,,,,
,"Total, 
all countries","83,176",,,,,
,North America," 23,094 ",,,,,
,% of total, 27.8 ,,,,,
,Overseas," 60,082 ",,,,,
,% of total, 72.2 ,,,,,
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Rank in 2001,Country ,"Total trade by
all modes ",,,,,
1,Canada,"380,693",,,,,
2,Mexico,"232,942",,,,,
3,Japan,"184,241",,,,,
4,China,"121,515",,,,,
5,Germany,"89,265",,,,,
6,United Kingdom,"82,195",,,,,
7,South Korea,"57,381",,,,,
8,Taiwan,"51,543",,,,,
9,France,"50,191",,,,,
10,Italy,"33,740",,,
11,Singapore,"32,671",,,
12,Malaysia,"31,717",,,
13,Brazil,"30,391",,,
14,Netherlands,"29,025",,,
15,Ireland,"25,689",,,
16,Hong Kong2,"23,722",,,
17,Belgium3,"23,653",,,
18,Venezuela,"20,920",,,
19,Thailand,"20,724",,,
20,Israel,"19,453",,,
21,Switzerland,"19,409",,,
22,Saudi Arabia,"19,304",,,
23,Philippines,"18,995",,,
24,Australia,"17,424",,,
25,India,"13,502",,,
,"All other trading
partners"," 242,680 ",,,
,Top 25 countries," 1,630,305 ",,,
,"Top 25, % of total", 87.0 ,,,
,"Total, 
all countries","1,872,985",,,
, North America,"613,635",,,
,% of total, 32.8 ,,,
,Overseas,"1,259,350",,,
,% of total, 67.2 ,,,
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"1 Includes $5,868 million for the Federal Republic of Germany (formerly West Germany) and $42 million for the Democratic Republic of Germany (formerly East Germany).",,,,,
"2 Hong Kong has officially been a part of China since 1997.  However, the United States continues to publish merchandise trade statistics separately for Hong Kong.",,,,,
"3 Merchandise trade figures for Belgium include Luxembourg for 1970, 1980, and 1990 but not 2001.",,,,,
"SOURCES:  Compiled by U.S. Department of Transporation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 2002. 
2001 data--U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division,  U.S. Exports of Merchandise CD and U.S. Imports of Merchandise CD, December 2001.  
1970 data--U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Washington, DC: 1982 and 1983).",,,,,
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