Figure 2 Goods Exports from Top Economies and Percent Share to the United States: 2008

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rank in 2008	Country	Total exports	Exports to United States	Exports to U.S. as share of country's total (percents)
	World	16,044,000	2,063,720	12.9
1	China	1,469,280	273,129	18.6
2	Germany	1,465,200	104,728	7.1
3	United States	1,300,190	NA	NA
4	Japan	783,149	139,022	17.8
5	The Netherlands	633,842	24,837	3.9
6	France	606,623	35,013	5.8
7	Italy	539,933	33,905	6.3
8	Belgium	477,159	23,095	4.8
9	United Kingdom	460,693	63,765	13.8
10	Canada	456,485	354,687	77.7
11	Russia	456,075	15,285	3.4
12	Korea	426,763	46,501	10.9
13	China, Hong Kong	362,985	46,290	12.8
14	Singapore	339,414	24,196	7.1
15	Mexico	291,343	233,523	80.2
16	Saudi Arabia	285,928	51,823	18.1
17	Spain	267,581	11,229	4.2
18	Malaysia	224,490	28,321	12.6
19	Switzerland	200,065	19,221	9.6
20	Brazil	197,067	28,558	14.5
21	India	191,926	24,483	12.8
22	Australia	185,693	10,290	5.5
23	Sweden	184,000	12,091	6.6
24	Austria	181,737	7,802	4.3
25	Thailand	173,235	19,754	11.4
26	United Arab Emirates	170,126	1,225	0.7
27	Poland	169,074	2,481	1.5
28	Norway	167,976	7,499	4.5
29	Czech Republic	146,767	2,580	1.8
30	Indonesia	137,022	13,080	9.5
31	Turkey	132,311	4,398	3.3
32	Ireland	124,468	23,005	18.5
33	Denmark	116,974	6,223	5.3
34	Venezuela	115,648	47,828	41.4
35	Hungary	108,017	2,499	2.3
36	Iran	107,413	96	0.1
37	Finland	96,837	6,199	6.4
38	Nigeria	77,380	35,652	46.1
39	Algeria	76,642	18,211	23.8
40	Argentina	73,372	5,616	7.7
41	South Africa	73,005	8,083	11.1
42	Slovak Republic	71,047	1,212	1.7
43	Chile	71,011	7,856	11.1
44	Kuwait	67,382	6,727	10.0
45	Ukraine	66,884	1,949	2.9
46	Qatar	62,396	473	0.8
47	Angola	62,160	17,725	28.5
48	Israel	61,372	19,972	32.5
49	Vietnam	60,813	12,594	20.7
50	Libya	60,645	3,954	6.5
51	Portugal	56,060	1,982	3.5
52	Kazakhstan	53,788	1,501	2.8
53	Romania	49,613	841	1.7
54	Philippines	49,148	8,216	16.7
55	Iraq	48,345	20,974	43.4
56	Colombia	39,016	12,575	32.2
57	Slovenia	34,240	415	1.2
58	Belarus	32,902	144	0.4
59	Oman	32,191	814	2.5
60	New Zealand	30,618	3,097	10.1
61	Egypt	30,053	2,258	7.5
62	Peru	28,237	5,580	19.8
63	Bahrain, Kingdom Of	27,660	518	1.9
64	Greece	25,424	1,279	5.0
65	Luxembourg	25,283	446	1.8
66	Lithuania	23,747	761	3.2
67	Azerbaijan, Rep. Of	23,127	4,081	17.6
68	Bulgaria	22,642	356	1.6
69	Pakistan	21,909	3,480	15.9
70	Ecuador	21,829	8,666	39.7
71	Morocco	19,805	864	4.4
72	Trinidad and Tobago	18,746	8,610	45.9
73	Syrian Arab Republic	17,459	340	1.9
74	Tunisia	17,388	611	3.5
75	Costa Rica	16,037	3,808	23.7
76	Croatia	14,222	335	2.4
77	Equatorial Guinea	13,974	3,177	22.7
78	Bangladesh	13,902	2,914	21.0
79	Sudan	12,950	5	0.0
80	Estonia	12,469	601	4.8
81	Turkmenistan	11,112	135	1.2
82	Congo, Republic Of	10,491	4,726	45.1
83	Cote D Ivoire	10,325	1,054	10.2
84	Yemen, Republic Of	10,180	8	0.1
85	Latvia	10,076	140	1.4
86	Brunei Darussalam	9,988	107	1.1
87	Serbia, Republic Of	9,441	67	0.7
88	Papua New Guinea	8,884	102	1.1
89	Sri Lanka	8,731	1,882	21.6
90	Gabon	8,672	2,157	24.9
91	Guatemala	7,738	3,048	39.4
92	Uzbekistan	7,204	266	3.7
93	Uruguay	6,887	236	3.4
94	Jordan	6,716	1,076	16.0
95	Myanmar	6,560	U	U
96	Honduras	6,087	3,849	63.2
97	Dominican Republic	5,809	3,716	64.0
98	Bolivia	5,747	478	8.3
99	Cameroon	5,464	584	10.7
100	Iceland	5,381	313	5.8
101	Kenya	5,197	328	6.3
102	Paraguay	4,575	84	1.8
103	El Salvador	4,497	2,099	46.7
104	Aruba	4,287	2,963	69.1
105	Cambodia	4,280	2,314	54.1
106	Ghana	4,175	219	5.3
107	Netherlands Antilles	4,120	755	18.3
108	Lebanon	3,979	93	2.3
109	Macedonia	3,869	73	1.9
110	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,575	25	0.7
111	Panama	3,496	365	10.5
112	Chad	3,480	3,155	90.7
113	Zambia	3,458	47	1.4
114	Cuba	3,423	U	U
115	Malta	2,795	269	9.6
116	Congo, Dem. Rep. Of	2,776	246	8.9
117	Mozambique	2,653	14	0.5
118	Bahamas	2,587	570	22.0
119	Georgia	2,562	222	8.7
120	Zimbabwe	2,413	104	4.3
121	Jamaica	2,301	713	31.0
122	Mauritania	2,234	44	2.0
123	North Korea	2,157	U	U
124	Moldova	2,070	12	0.6
125	Mauritius	2,014	167	8.3
126	China, Macao	1,997	797	39.9
127	Mongolia	1,979	50	2.5
128	Tanzania	1,962	52	2.7
129	Senegal	1,899	17	0.9
130	Uganda	1,722	16	0.9
131	Guinea	1,663	127	7.6
132	New Caledonia	1,612	47	2.9
133	Lao People S Dem.Rep	1,610	40	2.5
134	Cyprus	1,604	11	0.7
135	Suriname	1,582	121	7.7
136	Niger	1,518	41	2.7
137	Nicaragua	1,489	481	32.3
138	Ethiopia	1,361	110	8.1
139	Madagascar	1,318	311	23.6
140	Kyrgyz Republic	1,239	2	0.2
141	Nepal	1,188	84	7.1
142	Fiji	1,173	179	15.2
143	Albania	1,131	11	1.0
144	Armenia	1,069	53	4.9
145	Guyana	1,020	155	15.2
146	Togo	1,010	11	1.1
147	Faroe Islands	982	20	2.0
148	Tajikistan	944	7	0.8
149	Liberia	890	134	15.1
150	Malawi	852	63	7.4
151	Bermuda	806	128	15.8
152	Grenada	800	7	0.9
153	Greenland	677	6	0.8
154	Benin	614	30	4.9
155	Haiti	612	422	68.9
156	Vanuatu	549	1	0.3
157	Burkina Faso	512	0	0.1
158	Somalia	456	0	0.0
159	Barbados	443	38	8.7
160	Belize	421	149	35.3
161	Solomon Islands	410	2	0.4
162	Djibouti	391	6	1.6
163	Seychelles	365	5	1.4
164	Serbia & Montenegro	322	U	U
165	Rwanda	292	13	4.5
166	St. Vincent & Grens.	235	1	0.3
167	Sierra Leone	228	53	23.0
168	Mali	226	5	2.0
169	Central African Rep.	222	8	3.7
170	Dominica	219	2	1.1
171	Maldives	201	4	1.8
172	Guinea-Bissau	190	0	0.0
173	Samoa	157	5	2.9
174	St. Kitts And Nevis	137	56	40.8
175	St. Lucia	125	25	19.9
176	Burundi	90	3	3.0
177	Cape Verde	68	0	0.4
178	Gambia, The	61	1	0.9
179	Comoros	32	1	2.9
180	Sao Tome & Principe	29	U	U
181	Tonga	17	5	29.5

KEY: U = Data are unavailable. NA= Not applicable.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from various sources. United States-U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division, available at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www as of May 12, 2009. World-International Monetary Fund, Direction of Trade Statistics. Available at www.imfstatistics.org/dot as of Sept. 14, 2009.

In 2008, about 13 percent of world freight exports from more than 200 countries ($2.1 trillion out of $16 trillion) were bound for the United States. Of this amount, 55 percent was oceanborne cargo, 20 percent was air cargo, and about 25 percent was carried by land modes of transportation (USDOC CB FTD 2009).

For the United States' top three trading partners, the proportion of their exports bound to the United States were:

Canada, 78 percent;

China, 19 percent; and

Mexico, 80 percent.

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Figure 2 Goods Exports from Top Economies and Percent Share to the United States: 2008

Figure 2 Goods Exports from Top Economies and Percent Share to the United States: 2008

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Goods Exports from Top Economies and Percent Share to the United States: 2008