Table 4,,,,
"Top 25 U.S. International Merchandise Trade
Partners by Value: 2001 vs. 2000",,,,
(Millions of current dollars),,,,
"Rank in
2001",Country ,2000,2001,Percentage change
1,Canada," 405,639 ","380,693",-6.1
2,Mexico," 247,631 ","232,942",-5.9
3,Japan," 211,831 ","184,241",-13.0
4,China," 116,316 ","121,515",4.5
5,Germany," 87,981 ","89,265",1.5
6,United Kingdom," 85,038 ","82,195",-3.3
7,South Korea," 68,202 ","57,381",-15.9
8,Taiwan," 64,894 ","51,543",-20.6
9,France," 50,035 ","50,191",0.3
10,Italy," 37,003 ","33,740",-8.8
11,Singapore," 36,564 ","32,671",-10.6
12,Malaysia," 36,050 ","31,717",-12.0
13,Brazil," 31,677 ","30,391",-4.1,
14,Netherlands," 29,215 ","29,025",-0.6,
15,Ireland," 26,077 ","25,689",-1.5,
16,Hong Kong1," 24,201 ","23,722",-2.0,
17,Belgium," 24,136 ","23,653",-2.0,
18,Venezuela," 23,891 ","20,920",-12.4,
19,Thailand," 23,032 ","20,724",-10.0,
20,Israel," 22,727 ","19,453",-14.4,
21,Switzerland," 20,725 ","19,409",-6.3,
22,Saudi Arabia," 20,449 ","19,304",-5.6,
23,Philippines," 20,116 ","18,995",-5.6,
24,Australia," 18,898 ","17,424",-7.8,
25,India," 14,349 ","13,502",-5.9,
,"All other
trading partners"," 250,628 "," 242,680 ",-3.2,
,Top 25 countries," 1,746,678 "," 1,630,305 ",-6.7,
,"Top 25,
% of total", 87.5 , 87.0 ,,
,"Total, all
countries"," 1,997,306 ","1,872,985",-6.2
,North America," 653,270 ","613,635",-6.1
,% of total, 32.7 , 32.8 ,
,Overseas," 1,344,036 ","1,259,350",-6.3
,% of total, 67.3 , 67.2 ,
"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.",,,,
"SOURCES:  Compiled by U.S. Department of Transporation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 2002; based on 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 2000 and 2001.",,,,
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