Table A-3 World's Top Merchandise Importing Countries and Their Imports from the United States: 2008
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Table A-3
World's Top Merchandise Importing Countries and Their Imports from the United States: 2008
(Millions of U.S. $)
| Rank in 2008 | Country | Total imports | Share of world total imports (percent) | Imports from United States | Imports from U.S. as share of country's total (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | World | 16,708,900 | 100.0 | 1,340,520 | 8.0 |
| 1 | United States | 2,166,020 | 13.0 | NA | NA |
| 2 | Germany | 1,204,750 | 7.2 | 50,399 | 4.2 |
| 3 | China | 1,196,750 | 7.2 | 80,723 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Japan | 761,803 | 4.6 | 78,974 | 10.4 |
| 5 | France | 706,670 | 4.2 | 30,274 | 4.3 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 634,542 | 3.8 | 55,192 | 8.7 |
| 7 | The Netherlands | 573,758 | 3.4 | 43,368 | 7.6 |
| 8 | Italy | 556,328 | 3.3 | 17,355 | 3.1 |
| 9 | Belgium | 470,194 | 2.8 | 26,112 | 5.6 |
| 10 | Canada | 449,077 | 2.7 | 235,479 | 52.4 |
| 11 | South Korea | 435,275 | 2.6 | 38,556 | 8.9 |
| 12 | Spain | 403,045 | 2.4 | 13,893 | 3.4 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 388,947 | 2.3 | 19,541 | 5.0 |
| 14 | Mexico | 339,464 | 2.0 | 166,468 | 49.0 |
| 15 | Singapore | 319,779 | 1.9 | 37,853 | 11.8 |
| 16 | India | 304,166 | 1.8 | 20,533 | 6.8 |
| 17 | Russia | 274,284 | 1.6 | 12,204 | 4.4 |
| 18 | Brazil | 229,877 | 1.4 | 34,233 | 14.9 |
| 19 | Australia | 211,111 | 1.3 | 25,346 | 12.0 |
| 20 | Poland | 205,148 | 1.2 | 2,973 | 1.4 |
| 21 | Turkey | 201,964 | 1.2 | 11,977 | 5.9 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 190,203 | 1.1 | 17,324 | 9.1 |
| 23 | Austria | 184,501 | 1.1 | 3,306 | 1.8 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 183,002 | 1.1 | 10,612 | 5.8 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 181,851 | 1.1 | 14,543 | 8.0 |
| 26 | Thailand | 178,526 | 1.1 | 11,375 | 6.4 |
| 27 | Sweden | 167,686 | 1.0 | 5,290 | 3.2 |
| 28 | Czech Republic | 141,703 | 0.8 | 1,709 | 1.2 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 129,274 | 0.8 | 7,898 | 6.1 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia | 111,274 | 0.7 | 13,726 | 12.3 |
| 31 | Denmark | 111,199 | 0.7 | 3,355 | 3.0 |
| 32 | Hungary | 108,241 | 0.6 | 1,531 | 1.4 |
| 33 | South Africa | 99,561 | 0.6 | 7,817 | 7.9 |
| 34 | Finland | 92,108 | 0.6 | 1,849 | 2.0 |
| 35 | Portugal | 90,191 | 0.5 | 1,522 | 1.7 |
| 36 | Norway | 89,078 | 0.5 | 4,818 | 5.4 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 85,533 | 0.5 | 2,813 | 3.3 |
| 38 | Vietnam | 84,196 | 0.5 | 3,069 | 3.6 |
| 39 | Ireland | 83,758 | 0.5 | 9,689 | 11.6 |
| 40 | Romania | 82,995 | 0.5 | 1,207 | 1.5 |
| 41 | Philippines | 79,471 | 0.5 | 9,145 | 11.5 |
| 42 | Greece | 79,348 | 0.5 | 2,325 | 2.9 |
| 43 | Slovakia | 73,442 | 0.4 | 459 | 0.6 |
| 44 | Iran | 69,374 | 0.4 | 752 | 1.1 |
| 45 | Israel | 65,155 | 0.4 | 8,034 | 12.3 |
| 46 | Egypt | 63,431 | 0.4 | 6,634 | 10.5 |
| 47 | Venezuela | 56,984 | 0.3 | 13,872 | 24.3 |
| 48 | Chile | 55,960 | 0.3 | 10,689 | 19.1 |
| 49 | Nigeria | 54,519 | 0.3 | 4,512 | 8.3 |
| 50 | Argentina | 54,033 | 0.3 | 8,292 | 15.3 |
| Rest of the world | 1,629,351 | 9.8 | 150,900 | 9.3 |
KEY: NA = Not applicable.
NOTE: Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, but is separate from China in U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics.
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 as of May 12, 2009.
World-International Monetary Fund, Direction of
Trade Statistics, available at www.imfstatistics.org as of Sept. 14, 2009.