| Imports | Change | Imports*
as
% of Cnsmptn |
||||
| $-millions | in
local currency |
in
U.S. dollars |
||||
| Country | 2002 | 2001 | ||||
| 1. | China, Peoples Rep. | 2,976.0
|
2,406.0
|
$
|
24%
|
52%
|
| 2. | United States | 2,326.8
|
3,411.3
|
$
|
-32%
|
70%
|
| 3. | Germany | 1,960.0
|
2,268.7
|
-18%
|
-14%
|
41%
|
| 4. | Italy | 957.4
|
1,227.0
|
-26%
|
-22%
|
33%
|
| 5. | Korea, Rep. of | 790.0
|
931.0
|
$
|
-15%
|
65%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
| 6. | France | 781.2
|
1,188.5
|
-38%
|
-34%
|
67%
|
| 7. | Canada | 703.6
|
739.3
|
-4%
|
-5%
|
81%
|
| 8. | Taiwan | 660.9
|
845.5
|
-20%
|
-22%
|
68%
|
| 9. | United Kingdom | 611.9
|
780.9
|
-25%
|
-22%
|
89%
|
| 10. | Japan | 495.0
|
660.1
|
-23%
|
-25%
|
14%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
| 11. | Spain | 458.0
|
470.7
|
-8%
|
-3%
|
56%
|
| 12. | Belgium | 457.0
|
550.4
|
-21%
|
-17%
|
232%
|
| 13. | Netherlands | 405.2
|
479.7
|
-20%
|
-16%
|
118%
|
| 14. | Brazil | 364.4
|
506.1
|
$
|
-28%
|
63%
|
| 15. | Switzerland | 326.0
|
426.0
|
-27%
|
-23%
|
58%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
| 16. | Czech Republic | 305.3
|
313.2
|
-7%
|
-3%
|
94%
|
| 17. | Austria | 263.1
|
302.5
|
-13%
|
-13%
|
106%
|
| 18. | Turkey | 237.5
|
206.7
|
9%
|
15%
|
71%
|
| 19. | Australia | 183.4
|
155.1
|
$
|
18%
|
94%
|
| 20. | Sweden | 179.0
|
226.4
|
-25%
|
-21%
|
87%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
| 21. | Denmark | u151.8
|
143.2
|
0%
|
5%
|
107%
|
| 22. | Portugal | 103.7
|
109.2
|
-10%
|
-5%
|
88%
|
| 23. | Russia | 100.1
|
162.7
|
-38%
|
-38%
|
53%
|
| 24. | Finland | 98.9
|
118.1
|
-20%
|
-16%
|
78%
|
| 25. | India | 82.4
|
65.8
|
29%
|
25%
|
42%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
||
| 26. | Romania | 63.4
|
92.3
|
$
|
-31%
|
155%
|
| 27. | South Africa | 40.0
|
41.5
|
17%
|
-4%
|
95%
|
| 28. | Croatia | 32.0
|
28.4
|
$
|
13%
|
86%
|
| 29. | Argentina | 21.1
|
87.7
|
$
|
-76%
|
94%
|
| Source: Gardner Publications, Inc. | ||||||
| * = includes machines imported for re-export | ||||||
| u = unrevised from 2001, but converted at 2002 exchange rate | ||||||
| $ = reported in U.S. dollars | ||||||