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Table 3-2
Top 20 U.S. Liner Cargo Trading Partners—Exports and Imports

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Rank FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005
Country TEUs (000) Country TEUs (000) Country TEUs (000) Country TEUs (000) Country TEUs (000) Country TEUs (000)
1 China (PRC) 3,587 China (PRC) 4,023 China (PRC) 5,005 China (PRC) 5,811 China (PRC) 7,521 China (PRC) 9,387
2 Japan 1,809 Japan 1,660 Japan 1,616 Hong Kong 1,672 Japan 1,644 Japan 1,699
3 Hong Kong 1,374 Hong Kong 1,329 Hong Kong 1,591 Japan 1,655 Hong Kong 1,483 Hong Kong 1,192
4 Taiwan 961 Taiwan 852 South Korea 948 Taiwan 977 South Korea 985 South Korea 1,032
5 South Korea 899 South Korea 844 Taiwan 917 South Korea 930 Taiwan 943 Taiwan 1,000
6 Germany 628 Germany 609 Germany 627 Germany 650 Germany 671 Germany 728
7 Italy 558 Italy 572 Italy 614 Italy 601 Brazil 643 Brazil 660
8 United Kingdom 505 Thailand 472 Thailand 519 Brazil 535 Italy 607 Italy 596
9 Thailand 485 United Kingdom 468 Brazil 476 Thailand 517 Thailand 544 Thailand 570
10 Brazil 427 Brazil 423 United Kingdom 457 United Kingdom 430 India 448 India 510
11 Indonesia 410 Belgium & Luxembourg 406 Netherlands 419 Indonesia 402 Indonesia 443 Indonesia 483
12 Netherlands 401 Netherlands 393 Indonesia 417 India 397 Belgium & Luxembourg 439 Belgium & Luxembourg 458
13 Belgium & Luxembourg 392 Indonesia 377 Belgium & Luxembourg 414 Belgium & Luxembourg 396 United Kingdom 438 Netherlands 447
14 Malaysia 310 India 304 India 338 Netherlands 390 Netherlands 410 United Kingdom 446
15 France 296 Malaysia 287 Malaysia 317 Malaysia 309 Malaysia 338 Malaysia 377
16 Philippines 267 France 276 France 283 France 282 Honduras 302 Honduras 305
17 India 257 Philippines 242 Guatemala 251 Honduras 273 Guatemala 277 Vietnam 292
18 Dominican Republic 241 Dominican Republic 232 Spain 242 Guatemala 266 France 276 Guatemala 272
19 Spain 229 Spain 223 Honduras 234 Spain 245 Australia 261 France 258
20 Australia 222 Costa Rica 222 Dominican Republic 234 Costa Rica 240 Spain 247 Spain 257
  All U.S. trade 18,382 All U.S. trade 18,270 All U.S. trade 20,139 All U.S. trade 21,563 All U.S. trade 24,018 All U.S. trade 26,303

KEY: TEU = Twenty-foot equivalent unit.

SOURCE: Federal Maritime Commission, 39th through 44th Annual Reports.
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