Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - Where Does China Rank in Source of Imported Goods to US?



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	This Week's Supply Chain Trivia - Where Does China Rank in Source of Imported Goods to US?
	Where does China rank in terms of which countries are the largest source of imported goods into the US?
	By SCDigest Editorial Staff
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	ANSWER Not surprising to most, China is now number 1 – but what may be surprising is that it just became so in 2007. Through 2006, Canada was the source of the most imported goods into the US, and it is still not far behind China.