Originally published on Business Insider:

The US Census Bureau releases annual statistics on international trade in goods (not services) at the state level. The agency's most recent release, covering data from 2015, includes a breakdown of the top countries each state exports to and imports from, as measured by total dollar trade value.

For imports, China and Canada loom large. Twenty-three states import more goods from China than any other country, and 15 import the most from our northern neighbor:

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Exports tend to be more focused on North America. Thirty-six states export more goods to Canada than any other nation, while the four states that share a land border with Mexico send the lion's share of their exports there:

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