Table 9,,,,,,,,,,
Top 25 U.S. Maritime Trade Partners by Value and Weight: 2001,,,,,,,,,,
"Ranked
by value",Country,Million dollars,Percent ,,,,,,,
1,Japan,"115,204", 16.0 ,,,,,,,
2,China,"96,277", 13.4 ,,,,,,,
3,Germany,"42,067", 5.9 ,,,,,,,
4,South Korea,"30,819", 4.3 ,,,,,,,
5,United Kingdom,"26,214", 3.6 ,,,,,,,
6,Taiwan,"25,160", 3.5 ,,,,,,,
7,Mexico,"20,148", 2.8 ,,,,,,,
8,Venezuela,"19,413", 2.7 ,,,,,,,
9,Brazil,"17,157", 2.4 ,,,,,,,
10,Saudi Arabia,"16,865", 2.3 ,,,,,,,
11,Italy,"15,940", 2.2 ,,,,,,,
12,France,"12,974", 1.8 ,,,,,,,
13,Thailand,"12,631", 1.8 ,,,,,,,
14,Netherlands,"12,507", 1.7 ,,,,,,,
15,Belgium,"11,593", 1.6 ,,,,,,,
16,Hong Kong1,"11,153", 1.6 ,,,,,,,
17,Indonesia,"10,658", 1.5 ,,,,,,,
18,Australia,"10,466", 1.5 ,,,,,,,
19,Malaysia,"10,361", 1.4 ,,,,,,,
20,Canada,"9,180", 1.3 ,,,,,,,
21,Nigeria,"9,036", 1.3 ,,,,,,,
22,Dominican Republic,"7,268", 1.0 ,,,,,,,
23,Singapore,"7,043", 1.0 ,,,,,,,
24,India,"7,007", 1.0 ,,,,,,,
25,Spain,"6,890", 1.0 ,,,,,,,
,"All other
trading partners","154,418", 21.5 ,,,,,,,
,"Total, top
25 countries"," 564,030 ", 78.5 ,,,,,,,
,"Total, all countries","718,448", 100.0 ,,,,,,,
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"Ranked
by weight",Country,Million short tons,Percent ,,,,
1,Mexico, 122 , 9.5 ,,,,
2,Venezuela, 118 , 9.3 ,,,,
3,Saudi Arabia, 95 , 7.4 ,,,,
4,Canada, 92 , 7.2 ,,,,
5,Japan, 69 , 5.4 ,,,,
6,China, 53 , 4.1 ,,,,
7,Nigeria, 50 , 3.9 ,,,,
8,Iraq, 43 , 3.3 ,,,,
9,Brazil, 37 , 2.9 ,,,,
10,Colombia, 37 , 2.9 ,,,,
11,United Kingdom, 31 , 2.4 ,,,,
12,South Korea, 29 , 2.3 ,,,,
13,Norway, 22 , 1.7 ,,,,
14,Italy, 21 , 1.6 ,,,,
15,Netherlands, 20 , 1.6 ,,,,
16,Taiwan, 20 , 1.5 ,,,,
17,Angola, 19 , 1.5 ,,,,
18,Algeria, 18 , 1.4 ,,,,
19,Trinidad and Tobago, 18 , 1.4 ,,,,
20,Spain, 16 , 1.3 ,,,,
21,Kuwait, 15 , 1.2 ,,,,
22,Germany, 15 , 1.2 ,,,,
23,Belgium, 14 , 1.1 ,,,,
24,Indonesia, 14 , 1.1 ,,,,
25,Russia, 13 , 1.0 ,,,,
,"All other
trading partners",276, 21.7 ,,,,
,"Total, top
25 countries", 999 , 78.3 ,,,,
,"Total, all countries"," 1,276 ", 100.0 ,,,,
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"1 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.",,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, May 2002; based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Merchandise of Exports and Imports CD, December 2001.",,,,,,,
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