Rank | Country | Exports |
— | World | $17,779,000,000,000 | — | European Union | $2,131,000,000,000 | 1 | China | $1,898,000,000,000 | 2 | United States | $1,511,000,000,000 | 3 | Germany | $1,408,000,000,000 | 4 | Japan | $800,800,000,000 | 5 | France | $578,400,000,000 | 6 | Netherlands | $576,900,000,000 | 7 | South Korea | $556,500,000,000 | 8 | Italy | $522,000,000,000 | 9 | Russia | $498,600,000,000 | 10 | United Kingdom | $495,400,000,000 | 11 | Canada | $450,600,000,000 | - | Hong Kong | $427,900,000,000 | 12 | Singapore | $409,200,000,000 | 13 | Saudi Arabia | $350,700,000,000 | 14 | Mexico | $336,300,000,000 | 15 | Belgium | $332,000,000,000 |
Top 10 Largest imports country in 2011 : Rank | Country | Imports | — | World | $ 18,000,000,000,000 | — | European Union | $ 2,344,000,000,000 | 1 | United States | $ 2,314,000,000,000 | 2 | China | $ 1,743,468,000,000 | 3 | Germany | $ 1,339,000,000,000 | 4 | Japan | $ 794,700,000,000 | 5 | France | $ 684,600,000,000 | 6 | United Kingdom | $ 654,900,000,000 | 7 | Italy | $ 541,200,000,000 | 8 | South Korea | $ 525,200,000,000 | 9 | Netherlands | $ 514,100,000,000 | - | Hong Kong | $ 493,200,000,000 | 10 | India | $ 488,600,000,000 | 11 | Canada | $ 469,600,000,000 | 12 | Spain | $ 315,300,000,000 | 13 | Singapore | $ 310,400,000,000 | 14 | Mexico | $ 306,000,000,000 | 15 | Belgium | $ 285,100,000,000 |
Thanks to these results found on Wikipedia and based on the WTO, we can see many changes during this period (2008-2011):
First of all China became the first world exporter before the USA and Germany. European Countries underwent the economic crisis quite hard and all the countries of the European Union knew difficulties because of Greece.
Greece but also Portugal, Ireland, Spain and to a lesser extent Italy plunged Europe into an economic