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The Biggest U.S. Trading Partners Since 1985
U.S. exports plus imports of goods with each partner, calendar year, $ billions
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (the FT-900 country data): exports plus general imports of goods, calendar years. Germany includes West Germany before 1991; Vietnam starts in 1992. Goods only. Plays as a bar chart race through every year since 1985; the 23 partners shown are every country that ranked in the top 15 in any year.
Forty years of U.S. goods trade, partner by partner. Japan and Canada led in the 1980s; Mexico rose after NAFTA in 1994; China rose after joining the WTO in 2001 and fell back after the 2018 tariffs, and Mexico is now the largest.
What this chart reads·23 series
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- U.S. Goods Trade With Canada (Exports + Imports)as “Canada”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Mexico (Exports + Imports)as “Mexico”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With China (Exports + Imports)as “China”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Japan (Exports + Imports)as “Japan”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Germany (Exports + Imports)as “Germany”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With South Korea (Exports + Imports)as “South Korea”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Taiwan (Exports + Imports)as “Taiwan”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Vietnam (Exports + Imports)as “Vietnam”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With United Kingdom (Exports + Imports)as “United Kingdom”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Ireland (Exports + Imports)as “Ireland”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With India (Exports + Imports)as “India”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Italy (Exports + Imports)as “Italy”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With France (Exports + Imports)as “France”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Switzerland (Exports + Imports)as “Switzerland”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Malaysia (Exports + Imports)as “Malaysia”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Singapore (Exports + Imports)as “Singapore”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Netherlands (Exports + Imports)as “Netherlands”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Brazil (Exports + Imports)as “Brazil”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Australia (Exports + Imports)as “Australia”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Belgium (Exports + Imports)as “Belgium”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Hong Kong (Exports + Imports)as “Hong Kong”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Saudi Arabia (Exports + Imports)as “Saudi Arabia”latest 2025-12-31
- U.S. Goods Trade With Venezuela (Exports + Imports)as “Venezuela”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·23 sources
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U.S. Goods Trade With Canada (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Mexico (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With China (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Japan (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Germany (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With South Korea (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Taiwan (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Vietnam (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With United Kingdom (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Ireland (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With India (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Italy (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With France (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Switzerland (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Malaysia (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Singapore (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Netherlands (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Brazil (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Australia (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Belgium (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Hong Kong (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Saudi Arabia (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
U.S. Goods Trade With Venezuela (Exports + Imports). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (FT-900). Public domain.
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