Country | Top Import Partner 2025↓ | Additional Import Partners 2025 | |
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| Sint Maarten | USA 82% |
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| Turks and Caicos Islands | USA 73% |
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| Montserrat | USA 62% |
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| Bahamas | USA 60% |
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| Saint Lucia | USA 59% |
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| Aruba | USA 53% |
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| Canada | USA 51% |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis | USA 50% |
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| Mexico | USA 46% |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | USA 43% |
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| Dominican Republic | USA 40% |
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| Jamaica | USA 39% |
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| Curacao | USA 39% |
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| Costa Rica | USA 38% |
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| Bermuda | USA 38% |
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| Belize | USA 37% |
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| Grenada | USA 37% |
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | USA 37% |
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| Honduras | USA 36% |
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| Micronesia | USA 35% |
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| Barbados | USA 32% |
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| Haiti | USA 31% |
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| Guatemala | USA 30% |
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| Trinidad and Tobago | USA 29% |
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| El Salvador | USA 28% |
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| Guyana | USA 28% |
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| Ecuador | USA 27% |
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| Colombia | USA 26% |
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| Nicaragua | USA 24% |
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| Dominica | USA 24% |
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| Suriname | USA 22% |
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| Panama | USA 15% |
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| Qatar | USA 12% |
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| Saint Martin | United States 76% |
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| Falkland Islands | UK 68% |
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| Ireland | UK 20% |
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| North Macedonia | UK 12% |
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| South Sudan | Uganda 33% |
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| Iraq | UAE 32% |
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| Seychelles | UAE 32% |
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| Somalia | UAE 29% |
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| Afghanistan | UAE 28% |
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| Oman | UAE 25% |
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| Syria | Turkey 49% |
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| Turkmenistan | Turkey 21% |
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| Georgia | Turkey 16% |
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| Laos | Thailand 58% |
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| Burundi | Tanzania 26% |
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| Saint Barthelemy | Switzerland 50% |
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| Slovenia | Switzerland 17% |
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| Lebanon | Switzerland 12% |
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| Norway | Sweden 11% |
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| Andorra | Spain 65% |
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| Portugal | Spain 33% |
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| Cuba | Spain 24% |
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| Morocco | Spain 16% |
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| Lesotho | South Africa 78% |
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| Eswatini | South Africa 71% |
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| Botswana | South Africa 65% |
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| Zimbabwe | South Africa 37% |
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| Namibia | South Africa 36% |
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| Mozambique | South Africa 34% |
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| Zambia | South Africa 25% |
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| Northern Mariana Islands | Singapore 63% |
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| Guam | Singapore 52% |
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| American Samoa | Singapore 28% |
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| Fiji | Singapore 25% |
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| Montenegro | Serbia 21% |
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| Guinea-Bissau | Senegal 28% |
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| Tokelau | Samoa 31% |
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| China | S. Korea 7% |
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| Armenia | Russia 29% |
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| Azerbaijan | Russia 17% |
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| Moldova | Romania 16% |
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| Sao Tome and Principe | Portugal 35% |
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| Cape Verde | Portugal 29% |
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| Niue | NZ 87% |
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| Cook Islands | NZ 44% |
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| Samoa | NZ 20% |
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| Iceland | Norway 11% |
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| Belgium | Netherlands 20% |
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| United States | Mexico 15% |
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| Brunei | Malaysia 23% |
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| Latvia | Lithuania 18% |
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| Gambia | Kazakhstan 26% |
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| Mali | Ivory Coast 25% |
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| Burkina Faso | Ivory Coast 14% |
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| Palau | Italy 32% |
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| Gibraltar | Italy 26% |
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| Albania | Italy 22% |
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| Malta | Italy 18% |
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| Croatia | Italy 14% |
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| Tunisia | Italy 13% |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Italy 13% |
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| Monaco | Italy |
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| Puerto Rico | Ireland 38% |
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| Timor-Leste | Indonesia 34% |
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| Bhutan | India 82% |
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| Nepal | India 71% |
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| Sri Lanka | India 21% |
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| Maldives | India 15% |
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| Cyprus | Greece 20% |
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| Austria | Germany 34% |
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| Cayman Islands | Germany 30% |
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| San Marino | Germany 24% |
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| Hungary | Germany 23% |
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| Poland | Germany 22% |
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| Czechia | Germany 22% |
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| Romania | Germany 19% |
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| Denmark | Germany 18% |
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| Sweden | Germany 17% |
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| Switzerland | Germany 17% |
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| Netherlands | Germany 16% |
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| Slovakia | Germany 16% |
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| France | Germany 15% |
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| Italy | Germany 15% |
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| Finland | Germany 14% |
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| Lithuania | Germany 13% |
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| Bulgaria | Germany 12% |
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| Serbia | Germany 12% |
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| Spain | Germany 11% |
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| Greece | Germany 10% |
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| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | France 57% |
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| New Caledonia | France 36% |
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| French Polynesia | France 26% |
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| Gabon | France 14% |
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| Estonia | Finland 11% |
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| Wallis and Futuna | Fiji 35% |
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| Tonga | Fiji 27% |
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| Palestine | Egypt 25% |
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| Greenland | Denmark 58% |
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| Faroe Islands | Denmark 33% |
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| North Korea | China 97% |
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| Tajikistan | China 57% |
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| Mongolia | China 57% |
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| Russia | China 53% |
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| Vietnam | China 49% |
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| Liberia | China 48% |
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| Marshall Islands | China 47% |
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| Kyrgyzstan | China 44% |
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| Cameroon | China 43% |
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| Solomon Islands | China 42% |
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| Tuvalu | China 42% |
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| Myanmar | China 40% |
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| Hong Kong | China 40% |
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| Cambodia | China 39% |
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| Guinea | China 39% |
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| Macau | China 36% |
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| DR Congo | China 35% |
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| Venezuela | China 35% |
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| Bangladesh | China 34% |
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| Iran | China 34% |
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| Belarus | China 33% |
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| Paraguay | China 33% |
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| Tanzania | China 32% |
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| Uzbekistan | China 32% |
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| Sierra Leone | China 32% |
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| Eritrea | China 32% |
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| Djibouti | China 32% |
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| South Korea | China 31% |
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| Ghana | China 30% |
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| Indonesia | China 29% |
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| Chad | China 28% |
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| Kazakhstan | China 28% |
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| Nigeria | China 26% |
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| Ethiopia | China 26% |
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| Thailand | China 26% |
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| Peru | China 26% |
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| Niger | China 26% |
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| Australia | China 26% |
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| Togo | China 26% |
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| Vanuatu | China 26% |
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| Pakistan | China 25% |
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| Philippines | China 25% |
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| Algeria | China 24% |
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| Malaysia | China 24% |
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| Republic of the Congo | China 24% |
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| Comoros | China 24% |
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| Kiribati | China 24% |
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| Brazil | China 23% |
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| Yemen | China 23% |
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| Chile | China 23% |
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| Japan | China 22% |
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| Kenya | China 22% |
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| Bolivia | China 22% |
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| South Africa | China 21% |
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| Sudan | China 21% |
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| Saudi Arabia | China 21% |
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| Taiwan | China 21% |
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| Benin | China 21% |
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| New Zealand | China 20% |
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| Equatorial Guinea | China 20% |
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| India | China 19% |
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| Uganda | China 19% |
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| Angola | China 19% |
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| Madagascar | China 19% |
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| Senegal | China 19% |
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| Rwanda | China 19% |
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| United Arab Emirates | China 19% |
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| Mauritania | China 19% |
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| Kuwait | China 18% |
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| Malawi | China 17% |
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| Jordan | China 17% |
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| Israel | China 17% |
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| Libya | China 17% |
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| Egypt | China 16% |
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| Ukraine | China 16% |
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| Ivory Coast | China 16% |
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| Central African Republic | China 16% |
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| Singapore | China 15% |
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| Mauritius | China 15% |
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| Turkey | China 13% |
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| United Kingdom | China 13% |
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| Bahrain | China 13% |
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| Germany | China 12% |
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| Anguilla | Chile 50% |
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| Argentina | Brazil 23% |
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| Uruguay | Brazil 22% |
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| Luxembourg | Belgium 26% |
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| Nauru | Australia 50% |
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| Papua New Guinea | Australia 27% |
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The number of trade partners a country has is a leading indicator of its economic impact, especially when considering the number of partners for which a country is the largest partner. The world’s economy is dominated by three major trading hubs, including those centered on China, the US and Germany. Together, these three hubs account for the great majority of the world’s trading partnerships.
China is the largest direct trading partner for at least 62 countries, making it the world’s most important trading partner. In addition, it has the world’s second-largest economy, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). China has achieved this position by developing a network of trading partnerships, both in industrialized and developing economies. China’s rapid economic growth during the past two decades has allowed it to develop many such partnerships throughout the world. In addition, China’s largest trading partners have changed due to new national and international economic policies enacted during this period.
The US is the largest trading partner for about 31 countries, forming the center of the world’s second-largest trading hub. The US economy bounced back quickly from the economic downturn caused by the 2020 pandemic, growing 5.7 percent in 2021. This growth rate was the country’s highest since 1984, supply chain disruptions from the pandemic also had an impact on US trade with other countries.
For example, the US trade deficit increased from $922 trillion in 2020 to a record $1.1 trillion in 2021. The trade deficit remained at that level in 2022, when US imports reached a new high of $2.9 trillion.
Germany is the largest trade partner of 26 countries and the third-largest exporter at about $1.7 trillion in 2022. This value is an increase of about six percent from 2018, when it exported $1.6 trillion in goods. The annual increase of Germany’s exports averaged 1.5 percent during this period
About two-thirds of Germany’s exports went to European countries, with another 18 percent going to Asian countries. The North American countries of the US, Canada and Mexico accounted for an additional 12 percent of Germany’s exports, totaling about 96 percent of Germany’s total exports.
The Russo-Ukraine war that began in 2022 has profoundly affected Germany’s trade with those two countries. Russia accounted for 1.9 percent of Germany’s exports in 2021, which shrank to 1.1 percent in 2022. In comparison, Ukraine only bought 0.3 percent of Germany’s exports in 2022.