Nicknamed the Land Down Under, Australia is an island economy that strongly benefits from its close proximity to the vast markets of China and Japan which together represent over 40% of all Australian export sales. From a global perspective, Australia shipped US$272.4 billion worth of products worldwide during 2019. That dollar amount reflects a 42.5% increase since 2015 and a … [Read more...] about Australia’s Top Trading Partners
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Comprised of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the United Kingdom is a sovereign state situated across from continental Europe’s north-western coast. The United Kingdom sent US$469.2 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2019. That dollar amount reflects a 0.6% increase since 2015 but a -3.7% decline from one year earlier in 2018 according to the latest … [Read more...] about United Kingdom’s Top Trading Partners
New Zealand’s Top Trading Partners
An island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean located to the southeast of Australia, New Zealand shipped US$38.2 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2019. That dollar amount reflects an 11.2% gain since 2015 but a -4.1% dip from 2018 to 2019. That figure represents roughly 0.2% of overall global exports estimated at $19.285 trillion one year earlier for 2018 … [Read more...] about New Zealand’s Top Trading Partners
Japan’s Top Trading Partners
Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan is a major economic and political power in Asia. Yet it is a North American nation--the United States--that became the number one purchaser of Japanese export products during 2019. The world’s fourth-largest exporter, Japan shipped $705.7 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2019. That dollar amount reflects a -4.4% decline … [Read more...] about Japan’s Top Trading Partners
France’s Top Trading Partners
Nicknamed “The Hexagon” (l’Hexagone en français) because of the country’s roughly six-sided shape, France is strategically located on the European continent. It borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy to the east, Andorra to the South and Spain to the west. England is almost due north across the English Channel from France. France shipped US$555.1 billion … [Read more...] about France’s Top Trading Partners