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Appendix Table 1 Leading exporters and importers in world merchandise trade, 1998 (Billion dollars and percentage)
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 imports^a	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 imports^a	54.9	1.8	-31
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 above^c	4748.0	88.3	-1		Total of above^c	4696.0	84.4	-2
	World^c	5375.0	100.0	-2		World^c	5560.0	100.0	-1

^aRetained imports are defined as imports less re-exports.
^bData exclude trade with the Baltic States and the CIS. Including trade with these States would lift Russian exports and imports to $73.9 billion and $59.5 billion, respectively.
^cIncludes significant re-exports or imports for re-export.

Source: World Trade Organization