Voronoi – “What We’re Showing – This map illustrates the top trading partner of every U.S. state as of November 2024. The data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Key Takeaways

• Canada, Mexico, and China are the top trade partners for 42 states.
• The U.S. imports about $900 billion in goods from Canada and Mexico annually. The largest share comes from machinery, vehicles, oil, and petroleum products.
• See also Pink Gold – Trump said Canada has nothing the U.S. needs. When it comes to potash, the president couldn’t be more wrong. More than 80 per cent of the potash used by U.S. farmers comes from mines in Saskatchewan. Canada is the king of potash. It possesses the largest potash reserves in the world – by a fat margin – and the largest production by volume. The U.S. cannot source most of its potash from elsewhere. Just two other countries have large potash reserves – Russia and Belarus – and these operations are significantly smaller than Canada’s and prone to geopolitical instability.

Trump Tariffs

• The Trump administration is imposing a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, along with a 10% tariff on imports from China.
• Trump says he wants strong action to halt the flow of the opioid fentanyl and its precursor chemicals into the U.S. from China via Mexico and Canada, as well as to stop illegal immigration across U.S. borders