| Producers | Exporters | Importers |
| Trade Balance | Consumers | Per Capita |
| Analysis | Country Reports | Methodology |
Reports/Presentations |
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| Producers | Exporters | Importers |
| Trade Balance | Consumers | Per Capita |
| Analysis | Country Reports | Methodology |
Reports/Presentations |
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| -- Consumption -- | -- Change -- | |||||||
| -- $-Millions -- | in local | in U.S. | ||||||
| Country | 2008 | 2007 | currency | dollars | ||||
| 1. | China, Peoples Rep. | 19,365.0 | 16,171.0 | $ | 20% | |||
| 2. | Germany | 9,950.1 | 7,454.6 | 25% | 33% | |||
| 3. | Japan | 8,030.5 | 7,637.0 | -8% | 5% | |||
| 4. | United States | 6,755.8 | 5,863.6 | $ | 15% | |||
| 5. | Italy | 5,809.1 | 5,150.5 | 5% | 13% | |||
| 6. | Korea, Rep. of | 3,803.5 | 4,321.8 | 4% | -12% | |||
| 7. | Taiwan | 2,800.0 | 3,563.0 | $ | -21% | |||
| 8. | Brazil | 2,547.2 | 1,822.6 | $ | 40% | |||
| 9. | India | 1,870.4 | 1,808.9 | 10% | 3% | |||
| 10. | France | 1,773.5 | 1,573.6 | 5% | 13% | |||
| 11. | Mexico | u1,669.6 | c1,669.6 | $ | 0% | |||
| 12. | Switzerland | 1,398.7 | 1,244.6 | 1% | 12% | |||
| 13. | Spain | 1,240.2 | 1,279.2 | -9% | -3% | |||
| 14. | Turkey | 1,188.4 | 1,087.8 | $ | 9% | |||
| 15. | Canada | 1,014.8 | 1,016.2 | -1% | 0% | |||
| 16. | United Kingdom | 945.1 | 891.6 | 16% | 6% | |||
| 17. | Czech Republic | 813.6 | 622.6 | 22% | 31% | |||
| 18. | Austria | 760.9 | 692.4 | 3% | 10% | |||
| 19. | Sweden | 611.7 | 533.1 | 15% | 15% | |||
| 20. | Russia | u601.7 | 601.7 | $ | 0% | |||
| 21. | Netherlands | 566.3 | 503.3 | 5% | 13% | |||
| 22. | Belgium | 534.1 | 562.4 | -11% | -5% | |||
| 23. | Australia | 393.0 | 405.0 | -3% | -3% | |||
| 24. | Romania | 359.6 | 355.1 | -5% | 1% | |||
| 25. | Finland | 358.5 | 269.6 | 24% | 33% | |||
| 26. | Argentina | 293.6 | 181.4 | $ | 62% | |||
| 27. | Denmark | 288.3 | 218.9 | 23% | 32% | |||
| 28. | Portugal | 147.8 | 128.6 | 7% | 15% | |||
| Source: Gardner Publications, Inc. | ||||||||
| Apparent Consumption = a country's Production, less Exports, plus Imports | ||||||||
| u = unrevised from previous year but converted at current rates. | ||||||||
| c = circa; rough estimate from fragmentary reports. | ||||||||
| $ = reported in U.S. dollars. | ||||||||