Table 17,,,,,,,,, Top 25 U.S. Merchandise Trade Partners for Air Transportation: 2001,,,,,,,,, (Ranked by trade value),,,,,,,,, "Rank in 2001",Country,Value ,,,Value per ton ,,,, ,,"Total trade (million $)","Imports (million $)","Exports (million $)","Total trade (thousand $)","Imports (thousand $)","Exports (thousand $)",, 1,Japan,"63,667","34,110","29,556", 103.2 , 120.2 , 88.7 ,, 2,United Kingdom,"45,980","21,520","24,460", 97.2 , 105.0 , 91.3 ,, 3,Germany,"35,733","17,839","17,894", 79.0 , 67.1 , 95.9 ,, 4,France,"27,744","14,233","13,512", 100.8 , 86.9 , 121.2 ,, 5,Canada,"24,999","9,836","15,163", 76.4 , 128.4 , 60.6 ,, 6,Taiwan,"24,165","13,981","10,184", 102.5 , 92.2 , 121.1 ,, 7,South Korea,"23,805","13,347","10,458", 122.9 , 117.4 , 130.7 ,, 8,Ireland,"21,978","16,815","5,163", 280.7 , 499.5 , 115.7 ,, 9,Singapore,"21,766","11,505","10,261", 144.9 , 165.3 , 127.3 ,, 10,Malaysia,"20,217","13,249","6,967", 170.6 , 163.6 , 185.7 ,, 11,China,"20,173","12,957","7,216", 46.7 , 36.9 , 88.8 ,, 12,Italy,"15,131","9,461","5,670", 68.2 , 59.8 , 88.9 ,,, 13,Switzerland,"14,956","6,806","8,151", 181.1 , 134.6 , 254.3 ,,, 14,Netherlands,"14,339","3,683","10,656", 70.8 , 35.2 , 108.6 ,,, 15,Israel,"14,267","9,378","4,890", 176.4 , 184.2 , 163.2 ,,, 16,Mexico,"11,997","5,291","6,706", 86.7 , 85.3 , 87.8 ,,, 17,Philippines,"11,976","6,486","5,490", 185.6 , 140.5 , 299.3 ,,, 18,Hong Kong1,"11,477","3,198","8,279", 83.5 , 54.9 , 104.7 ,,, 19,Brazil,"10,061","2,784","7,278", 58.9 , 33.9 , 82.1 ,,, 20,Belgium,"9,834","4,920","4,914", 118.9 , 194.2 , 85.7 ,,, 21,Thailand,"7,150","3,933","3,217", 95.2 , 72.7 , 153.3 ,,, 22,India,"5,867","4,065","1,803", 68.4 , 64.9 , 77.7 ,,, 23,Australia,"5,797","1,499","4,298", 74.0 , 66.8 , 76.9 ,,, 24,Sweden,"5,348","3,195","2,152", 79.8 , 70.5 , 99.1 ,,, 25,Spain,"3,072","1,103","1,969", 41.2 , 28.7 , 54.4 ,,, ,"Total, top 25 air trading partners","471,500","245,192","226,307", 95.9 , 92.3 , 100.2 ,,, ,"Total, all countries","518,602","267,107","251,494", 84.1 , 77.1 , 93.0 ,,, ,"Total, top 25 air partners as % of all countries", 90.9 , 91.8 , 90.0 ,,,,, "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.",,,,,,,,, NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, May 2002; based on data from the 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.",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,