List of countries by leading trade partners

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For most economies in the world, their leading export and import trading partner in terms of value is either the European Union, or to a lesser degree, the United States. Other countries like China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa are emerging as significant markets or source countries in different parts of the world.

Individually for each European Union member trade with all other European Union members collectively is greater than any other trading partner. Both the European Union and the United States have China as their largest origin of imports. China's own largest source of imports is European Union. In other parts of the world the European Union or the United States is the largest trading partner, however other leading trading countries may be the most prominent in certain countries. Brazil, Russia and South Africa are becoming increasingly dominant in their respective regional areas.

Some isolated countries depend on a larger neighbour to be their largest trading partner – Venezuela is Cuba's key export market, while Uzbekistan is the leading origin of imports into Tajikistan and Afghanistan, its landlocked neighbours.

The largest import and export merchandise trade partners for most countries of the world are listed below. Details for the European Union, Hong Kong and Macau are also included. In most cases the data relates to 2014 rankings. Data was extracted from the World Trade Organization's Trade Profile Database^[1]

Colour indicate leading merchandise export destination for indicated country (EU aggregated), c2007-10

Colour indicate leading source of merchandise imports for indicated country (EU aggregated), c2007-10

Country	Leading export market	Leading import source
Afghanistan	Pakistan	Iran
Albania	European Union	European Union
Algeria	European Union	European Union
Angola	N/A	N/A
Antigua and Barbuda	United States	United States
Argentina	Brazil	Brazil
Armenia	European Union	Russian Federation
Australia	China	China
Austria	European Union	European Union
Azerbaijan	European Union	European Union
Bahamas	United States	United States
Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh	European Union	Thailand
Barbados	United States	United States
Belarus	Russian Federation	Russian Federation
Belgium	European Union	European Union
Belize	United States	United States
Benin	Gabon	European Union
Bhutan	India	India
Bolivia	Brazil	China
Bosnia	European Union	European Union
Botswana	European Union	South Africa
Brazil	European Union	European Union
Brunei	Japan	Malaysia
Bulgaria	European Union	European Union
Burkina Faso	Switzerland	European Union
Burundi	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	European Union
Cambodia	European Union	China
Cameroon	European Union	European Union
Canada	United States	United States
Cape Verde	European Union	European Union
Central African Republic	European Union	European Union
Chad	N/A	N/A
Chile	China	China
China	United States	European Union
Colombia	United States	United States
Comoros	European Union	United Arab Emirates
Congo	China	European Union
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	N/A	N/A
Costa Rica	United States	United States
Croatia	European Union	European Union
Cuba	Venezuela	European Union
Cyprus	European Union	European Union
Czech Republic	European Union	European Union
Denmark	European Union	European Union
Djibouti	Ethiopia	European Union
Dominica	Trinidad and Tobago	United States
Dominican Republic	United States	United States
Ecuador	United States	United States
Egypt	European Union	European Union
El Salvador	United States	United States
Equatorial Guinea	N/A	N/A
Eritrea	N/A	N/A
Estonia	European Union	European Union
Ethiopia	European Union	China
European Union	United States	China
Fiji	United States	Singapore
Finland	European Union	European Union
France	European Union	European Union
Gabon	United States	European Union
Gambia	Mali	European Union
Georgia	European Union	European Union
Germany	European Union	European Union
Ghana	European Union	European Union
Greece	European Union	European Union
Grenada	Dominica	United States
Guatemala	United States	United States
Guinea	European Union	European Union
Guinea-Bissau	India	European Union
Guyana	European Union	United States
Haiti	United States	Dominican Republic
Honduras	United States	United States
Hong Kong	China	China
Hungary	European Union	European Union
Iceland	European Union	European Union
India	European Union	China
Indonesia	Japan	China
Iran	China	United Arab Emirates
Iraq	N/A	N/A
Ireland	European Union	European Union
Israel	United States	European Union
Italy	European Union	European Union
Ivory Coast	European Union	European Union
Jamaica	United States	United States
Japan	United States	China
Jordan	United States	European Union
Kazakhstan	European Union	Russian Federation
Kenya	European Union	India
Kiribati	Morocco	Australia
Kuwait	United Arab Emirates	European Union
Kyrgyzstan	Switzerland	Russian Federation
Laos	N/A	N/A
Latvia	European Union	European Union
Lebanon	Syria	European Union
Lesotho	South Africa	South Africa
Libya	European Union	European Union
Lithuania	European Union	European Union
Luxembourg	European Union	European Union
Macau	Hong Kong SAR	China
Macedonia	European Union	European Union
Madagascar	European Union	United Arab Emirates
Malawi	European Union	South Africa
Malaysia	Singapore	China
Maldives	European Union	United Arab Emirates
Mali	South Africa	Senegal
Malta	European Union	European Union
Mauritania	China	European Union
Mauritius	European Union	India
Mexico	United States	United States
Moldova	European Union	European Union
Mongolia	China	China
Montenegro	European Union	European Union
Morocco	European Union	European Union
Mozambique	European Union	South Africa
Myanmar	Thailand	China
Namibia	South Africa	South Africa
Nepal	India	India
Netherlands	European Union	European Union
New Zealand	China	European Union
Nicaragua	United States	United States
Niger	European Union	European Union
Nigeria	United States	European Union
Korea, North	China	China
Norway	European Union	European Union
Oman	China	United Arab Emirates
Pakistan	European Union	China
Panama	European Union	United States
Papua New Guinea	Australia	Australia
Paraguay	Brazil	Brazil
Peru	China	China
Philippines	Japan	China
Poland	European Union	European Union
Portugal	European Union	European Union
Qatar	Japan	European Union
Romania	European Union	European Union
Russia	European Union	European Union
Rwanda	Tanzania	China
Saint Kitts and Nevis	United States	United States
Saint Lucia	United States	United States
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Lucia	United States
Samoa	Australia	New Zealand
Sao Tome and Principe	European Union	European Union
Saudi Arabia	Japan	European Union
Senegal	Mali	European Union
Serbia	European Union	European Union
Seychelles	European Union	European Union
Sierra Leone	N/A	N/A
Singapore	China	China
Slovakia	European Union	European Union
Slovenia	European Union	European Union
Solomon Islands	China	Australia
South Africa	European Union	European Union
Korea, South	China	China
Spain	European Union	European Union
Sri Lanka	European Union	India
Sudan	United Arab Emirates	China
Suriname	United States	United States
Swaziland	South Africa	South Africa
Sweden	European Union	European Union
Switzerland	European Union	European Union
Syria	European Union	European Union
Taiwan	China	Japan
Tajikistan	N/A	N/A
Tanzania	India	India
Thailand	China	China
Togo	Burkina Faso	European Union
Tonga	New Zealand	New Zealand
Trinidad and Tobago	United States	United States
Tunisia	European Union	European Union
Turkey	European Union	European Union
Turkmenistan	N/A	N/A
Uganda	European Union	India
Ukraine	European Union	European Union
United Arab Emirates	India	European Union
United Kingdom	European Union	European Union
United States	Canada	China
Uruguay	Brazil	China
Uzbekistan	N/A	N/A
Vanuatu	Malaysia	Australia
Venezuela	N/A	United States
Vietnam	European Union	China
Yemen	China	United Arab Emirates
Zambia	Switzerland	South Africa
Zimbabwe	South Africa	South Africa

List of 30 Largest Bilateral Trade Volume in 2013

The following table is figures for 30 largest bilateral trade volume in 2013 made by the World Trade Organization.^[2]

The 30 Largest Bilateral Trade Volume in 2013 (in Millions $US)

Rank	Net Exporter	Net Importer	Reported Volume of Net Exporter	Reported Volume of Net Importer
1	Germany	European Union	1,468,990
2	Netherlands	European Union	798,744
3	European Union	France		745,931
4	European Union	United States	603,194	660,541
5	Canada	United States	594,546	637,270
6	Belgium	European Union	628,796
7	China	Hong Kong	400,571	592,147
8	China	United States	526,854	582,291
9	European Union	United Kingdom		580,318
10	China	European Union	560,536	533,494
11	Italy	European Union	539,556
12	Mexico	United States	492,715	509,513
13	Russia	European Union	385,778	405,889
14	Spain	European Union	365,191
15	China	Japan	312,062	310,230
16	European Union	Switzerland	328,609	271,657
17	South Korea	China	229,073	273,869
18	Poland	European Union	267,854
19	European Union	Austria		244,913
20	Czech Republic	European Union	225,091
21	Japan	United States	206,091	206,836
22	European Union	Sweden		204,849
	China	Germany		187,293
23	Norway	European Union	184,296	174,708
	Germany	United States	184,247
24	European Union	Turkey	159,598	156,813
25	Hungary	European Union	154,862
26	European Union	Japan	137,786	149,827
27	Australia	China	134,154	123,296
28	European Union	Denmark		129,951
29	Taiwan	China	124,502
	United Kingdom	United States	116,675
	Germany	Switzerland	115,041
30	Ireland	European Union	105,853

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