Asia

Sometimes referred to as Chinese Taipei and officially called the Republic of China, the island of Taiwan is surrounded by major trading partners in the People’s Republic of China to its west, Japan to its east and the Philippines to its south. Taiwan exported US$347.2 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020. That dollar amount reflects a 24.4% gain since 2016 and a … [Read more...] about Taiwan’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 2020. The world’s fourth-largest exporter behind China, America and Germany, Japan shipped $641.4 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020. That dollar … [Read more...] about Japan’s Top Trading Partners

The Kingdom of Thailand shipped US$229.2 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2020. That dollar amount reflects a 7.3% gain since 2016 but a -6.6% decline from 2019 to 2020. That dollar figure represents roughly 1.2% of overall global exports estimated at $18.709 trillion on year earlier during 2019. Applying a continental lens, 61.6% of Thailand’s exports by value were … [Read more...] about Thailand’s Top Trading Partners