| Producers | Exporters | Importers |
| Trade Balance | Consumers | Per Capita |
| Analysis | Country Reports | Methodology |
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| Producers | Exporters | Importers |
| Trade Balance | Consumers | Per Capita |
| Analysis | Country Reports | Methodology |
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| -- Imports -- | -- Change -- | Imports* | ||||
| -- $-Millions -- | in local | in U.S. | as % of 08 | |||
| Country | 2008 | 2007 | currency | dollars | consumption | |
| 1. | China, Peoples Rep. | 7,500.0 | 7,072.0 | $ | 6% | 39% |
| 2. | United States | 4,878.1 | 4,274.1 | $ | 14% | 72% |
| 3. | Germany | 4,389.8 | 3,683.5 | 11% | 19% | 44% |
| 4. | Italy | 2,253.4 | 1,919.8 | 10% | 17% | 39% |
| 5. | Taiwan | 1,680.0 | 2,542.0 | $ | -34% | 60% |
| 6. | Mexico | u1,544.8 | c1,544.8 | $ | 0% | 93% |
| 7. | India | 1,483.5 | 1,420.8 | 11% | 4% | 79% |
| 8. | Brazil | 1,454.7 | 814.0 | $ | 79% | 57% |
| 9. | France | 1,375.5 | 1,216.4 | 6% | 13% | 78% |
| 10. | Korea, Rep. of | 1,336.6 | 1,346.9 | 17% | 0% | 35% |
| 11. | Turkey | 1,122.3 | 986.2 | $ | 14% | 94% |
| 12. | Belgium | 1,031.6 | 1,008.5 | -4% | 2% | 193% |
| 13. | United Kingdom | 1,009.3 | 957.4 | 15% | 5% | 107% |
| 14. | Canada | 955.6 | 959.1 | $ | -0% | 94% |
| 15. | Switzerland | 793.1 | 766.4 | -7% | 3% | 57% |
| 16. | Czech Republic | 791.6 | 617.1 | 20% | 20% | 28% |
| 17. | Japan | 770.8 | 774.6 | -13% | -0% | 10% |
| 18. | Spain | 719.8 | 696.3 | -3% | 3% | 58% |
| 19. | Austria | 610.2 | 533.6 | 7% | 14% | 80% |
| 20. | Sweden | 545.9 | 497.5 | 10% | 10% | 89% |
| 21. | Russia | u528.6 | 528.6 | 0% | 0% | 88% |
| 22. | Netherlands | 430.2 | 394.1 | 2% | 9% | 76% |
| 23. | Romania | 381.6 | 385.4 | -7% | -1% | 106% |
| 24. | Australia | 360.0 | 378.0 | $ | -5% | 92% |
| 25. | Denmark | 330.7 | 253.1 | 22% | 31% | 115% |
| 26. | Finland | 285.3 | 206.6 | 29% | 38% | 80% |
| 27. | Argentina | 269.0 | 158.1 | $ | 70% | 92% |
| 28. | Portugal | 125.8 | 109.5 | 8% | 15% | 85% |
| Source: Gardner Publications, Inc. | ||||||
| * = includes machines imported for re-export | ||||||
| c = circa; rough estimate from fragmentary reports. | ||||||
| u = unrevised from previous year but converted at current rates. | ||||||
| $ = reported in U.S. dollars | ||||||