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Table 3
Top 25 U.S. International Merchandise Trade Partners by Value: 2001

(Millions of current dollars)

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Rank Country Value of total U.S. trade (all modes) Value of total maritime trade Value of total air trade Value of total surface trade
1 Canada 380,693 9,180 24,999 346,515
2 Mexico 232,942 20,148 11,997 200,797
3 Japan 184,241 115,204 63,667 5,371
4 China 121,515 96,277 20,173 5,065
5 Germany 89,265 42,067 35,733 11,465
6 United Kingdom 82,195 26,214 45,980 10,001
7 South Korea 57,381 30,819 23,805 2,757
8 Taiwan 51,543 25,160 24,165 2,218
9 France 50,191 12,974 27,744 9,473
10 Italy 33,740 15,940 15,131 2,669
11 Singapore 32,671 7,043 21,766 3,862
12 Malaysia 31,717 10,361 20,217 1,139
13 Brazil 30,391 17,157 10,061 3,173
14 Netherlands 29,025 12,507 14,339 2,179
15 Ireland 25,689 2,337 21,978 1,374
16 Hong Kong1 23,722 11,153 11,477 1,092
17 Belgium 23,653 11,593 9,834 2,226
18 Venezuela 20,920 19,413 1,331 177
19 Thailand 20,724 12,631 7,150 942
20 Israel 19,453 3,836 14,267 1,350
21 Switzerland 19,409 3,055 14,956 1,398
22 Saudi Arabia 19,304 16,865 1,116 1,323
23 Philippines 18,995 6,511 11,976 508
24 Australia 17,424 10,466 5,797 1,161
25 India 13,502 7,007 5,867 628
  All other trading partners 242,680 172,532 53,075 17,073
  Top 25 countries 1,630,305 545,916 465,527 618,863
  Top 25, % of total 87.0 76.0 89.8 97.3
  Total, all countries 1,872,985 718,448 518,602 635,935
  North America 613,635 29,328 36,996 547,312
  % of total 32.8 4.1 7.1 86.1
  Overseas 1,259,350 689,120 481,606 88,624
  % of total 67.2 95.9 92.9  

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: Surface includes truck, rail, pipeline, and other miscellaneous modes.

SOURCES: Compiled by U.S. Department of Transporation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from 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.
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