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Appendix Table 1 Leading exporters and importers in world merchandise trade, 1998 (Billion dollars and percentage) |
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Rank |
EXPORTERS |
Value (f.o.b.) |
Share |
Change |
Rank |
IMPORTERS |
Value (c.i.f) |
Share |
Change |
1 |
United States |
683.0 |
12.7 |
-1 |
1 |
United States |
944.6 |
17.0 |
5 |
2 |
Germany |
539.7 |
10.0 |
5 |
2 |
Germany |
466.6 |
8.4 |
5 |
3 |
Japan |
388.0 |
7.2 |
-8 |
3 |
United Kingdom |
316.1 |
5.7 |
3 |
4 |
France |
307.0 |
5.7 |
6 |
4 |
France |
287.2 |
5.2 |
7 |
5 |
United Kingdom |
272.7 |
5.1 |
-3 |
5 |
Japan |
280.5 |
5.0 |
-17 |
6 |
Italy |
240.9 |
4.5 |
1 |
6 |
Italy |
214.0 |
3.8 |
3 |
7 |
Canada |
214.3 |
4.0 |
-1 |
7 |
Canada |
205.0 |
3.7 |
2 |
8 |
Netherlands |
198.2 |
3.7 |
2 |
8 |
Hong Kong, China |
188.7 |
3.4 |
-12 |
9 |
China |
183.8 |
3.4 |
1 |
retained importsa |
38.9 |
0.7 |
-26 |
|
10 |
Hong Kong, China |
174.1 |
3.2 |
-7 |
9 |
Netherlands |
184.1 |
3.3 |
4 |
domestic exports |
24.3 |
0.5 |
-11 |
10 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
158.8 |
2.9 |
2 |
|
11 |
Belgium-Luxembourg |
171.7 |
3.2 |
2 |
11 |
China |
140.2 |
2.5 |
-2 |
12 |
Korea, Rep. of |
133.2 |
2.5 |
-2 |
12 |
Spain |
132.8 |
2.4 |
8 |
13 |
Mexico |
117.5 |
2.2 |
6 |
13 |
Mexico |
128.9 |
2.3 |
14 |
14 |
Chinese Taipei |
109.9 |
2.0 |
-9 |
14 |
Chinese Taipei |
104.2 |
1.9 |
-9 |
15 |
Singapore |
109.8 |
2.0 |
-12 |
15 |
Singapore |
101.5 |
1.6 |
-23 |
domestic exports |
63.3 |
1.2 |
-13 |
retained importsa |
54.9 |
1.8 |
-31 |
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16 |
Spain |
109.0 |
2.0 |
5 |
16 |
Korea, Rep. of |
93.3 |
1.7 |
-35 |
17 |
Sweden |
84.5 |
1.6 |
2 |
17 |
Switzerland |
80.0 |
1.4 |
5 |
18 |
Switzerland |
78.7 |
1.5 |
3 |
18 |
Austria |
68.3 |
1.2 |
5 |
19 |
Malaysia |
73.3 |
1.4 |
-7 |
19 |
Sweden |
67.6 |
1.2 |
3 |
20 |
Ireland |
63.3 |
1.2 |
19 |
20 |
Australia |
64.7 |
1.2 |
-2 |
21 |
Austria |
61.7 |
1.1 |
5 |
21 |
Brazil |
61.0 |
1.1 |
-6 |
22 |
Russian Fed.b |
56.2 |
1.0 |
-16 |
22 |
Malaysia |
58.5 |
1.1 |
-26 |
23 |
Australia |
55.9 |
1.0 |
-11 |
23 |
Poland |
48.0 |
0.9 |
13 |
24 |
Thailand |
53.6 |
1.0 |
-7 |
24 |
Turkey |
46.4 |
0.8 |
-4 |
25 |
Brazil |
51.0 |
0.9 |
-3 |
25 |
Denmark |
45.8 |
0.8 |
3 |
26 |
Indonesia |
48.8 |
0.9 |
-9 |
26 |
Russian Fed.b |
44.7 |
0.8 |
-18 |
27 |
Denmark |
47.0 |
0.9 |
-4 |
27 |
Ireland |
43.7 |
0.8 |
11 |
28 |
Finland |
42.4 |
0.8 |
4 |
28 |
India |
42.9 |
0.8 |
4 |
29 |
Norway |
39.6 |
0.7 |
-18 |
29 |
Thailand |
41.8 |
0.8 |
-33 |
30 |
Saudi Arabia |
38.8 |
0.7 |
-35 |
30 |
Norway |
36.2 |
0.7 |
1 |
Total of abovec |
4748.0 |
88.3 |
-1 |
Total of abovec |
4696.0 |
84.4 |
-2 |
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Worldc |
5375.0 |
100.0 |
-2 |
Worldc |
5560.0 |
100.0 |
-1 |
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