For most economies worldwide, their leading export and import trading partners in terms of value are typically the United States, the European Union (EU) or China. Emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey, and Iran are becoming increasingly important as major markets or source countries in various regions.

For individual EU member states, intra-EU trade is collectively greater than trade with any other partner. Both the EU and the United States have China as their largest source of imports. Conversely, the EU is China's largest source of imports. While the EU and the United States dominate as the largest trading partners in many parts of the world, other countries such as Brazil, Russia, and South Africa are gaining prominence within their respective regions.

Some countries, especially isolated ones, heavily rely on a larger neighbouring country for trade. For instance, Venezuela is a key export market for Cuba, while Uzbekistan, being doubly-landlocked, primarily exports to its singly-landlocked neighbours, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

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 2021 rankings. Data was extracted from the World Trade Organization's Trade Profile Database.WTO.org Country Profile

Leading export markets and import sources

Country Leading export market Leading import source

List of 30 largest bilateral trade volume in 2013

The following table shows figures for 30 largest bilateral trade volume in 2013 according to the World Trade Organization.http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfile/WSDBcountryPFExportZip.aspx?Language=E WTO statistics database

+ The 30 largest bilateral trade volume in 2013 (millions of US$) Rank Net exporter Net importer Reported volumeof net exporter Reported volumeof net importer 1 1,468,990 2 798,744 3 745,931 4 603,194 660,541 5 594,546 637,270 6 628,796 7 400,571 592,147 8 526,854 582,291 9 580,318 10 560,536 533,494 11 539,556 12 492,715 509,513 13 385,778 405,889 14 365,191 15 312,062 310,230 16 328,609 271,657 17 229,073 273,869 18 267,854 19 244,913 20 225,091 21 206,091 206,836 22 204,849 187,293 23 184,296 174,708 184,247 24 159,598 156,813 25 154,862 26 137,786 149,827 27 134,154 123,296 28 129,951 29 124,502 116,675 115,041 30 105,853

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