| - Consumption- | - Change - | |||||
| $-Millions | in local | in U.S. | ||||
| Country | 2004 | 2003 | Currency | Dollars | ||
| 1. | China, Peoples Rep. | 9,260.0 | 6,760.0 | $ | 37% | |
| 2. | Japan | 5,923.8 | 4,118.7 | 34% | 44% | |
| 3. | Germany | 5,353.4 | 4,646.5 | 5% | 15% | |
| 4. | United States | 4,932.1 | 3,907.9 | 26% | 26% | |
| 5. | Italy | 3,316.4 | 3,116.1 | -3% | 6% | |
| 6. | Korea, Rep. of | 2,928.9 | 2,839.8 | $ | 3% | |
| 7. | Taiwan | 2,530.7 | 1,297.0 | 89% | 95% | |
| 8. | France | 1,203.6 | 1,045.9 | 5% | 15% | |
| 9. | Canada | 1,124.1 | 1,046.5 | 0% | 7% | |
| 10. | Spain | 1,022.2 | 882.1 | 5% | 16% | |
| 11. | United Kingdom | 862.6 | 644.5 | 19% | 34% | |
| 12. | Thailand | u812.9 | 787.6 | 0% | 3% | |
| 13. | Switzerland | 757.7 | 611.0 | 13% | 24% | |
| 14. | Brazil | 694.8 | 581.4 | $ | 19% | |
| 15. | Turkey | 639.7 | 525.9 | 11% | 22% | |
| 16. | India | 474.2 | 280.2 | 64% | 69% | |
| 17. | Czech Republic | 444.0 | 346.4 | 17% | 28% | |
| 18. | Austria | 383.8 | 272.7 | 28% | 41% | |
| 19. | Russia | 381.2 | 366.4 | $ | 4% | |
| 20. | Sweden | 268.3 | 221.4 | 10% | 21% | |
| 21. | Netherlands | 229.8 | 203.3 | 3% | 13% | |
| 22. | Australia | 220.0 | 208.7 | $ | 5% | |
| 23. | Belgium | 170.2 | 195.4 | -21% | -13% | |
| 24. | Denmark | 160.2 | 141.2 | 3% | 13% | |
| 25. | Romania | 154.6 | 136.6 | $ | 13% | |
| 26. | Finland | 149.0 | 126.5 | 7% | 18% | |
| 27. | Portugal | 100.6 | 87.0 | 5% | 16% | |
| 28. | Argentina | 96.4 | 50.5 | $ | 91% | |
| 29. | Croatia | 94.0 | 115.7 | $ | -19% | |
| 30. | South Africa | u82.1 | 70.0 | 0% | 17% | |
| 31. | Hungary | u8.9 | 8.1 | 0% | 11% | |
| Source: Gardner Publications, Inc. | ||||||
| Apparent Consumption = a country's Production, less Exports, plus Imports. | ||||||
| u = unrevised from 2003 but converted at 2004 rates | ||||||
| $ = reported in U.S. dollars | ||||||
