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The Participants in the East Asian Summit

Map: University of Alabama (our apologies to New Zealand for being unable to find an appropriate map which includes their beautiful country without sacrificing detail about the various ASEAN countries)

The Natural Resources of the Participants in the East Asian Summit

(Data from The World Factbook 2005)

The ten ASEAN members
	Brunei Petroleum, natural gas, timber	Cambodia Oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
	Indonesia Petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver	Lao PR Timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
	Malaysia Tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite	Myanmar Petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower
	The Philippines Timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper	Singapore Fish, deepwater ports
	Thailand Tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land	Vietnam Phosphates, coal, manganese, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, forests, hydropower

The other three members of (ASEAN + 3)

China

Coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)

Japan

Negligible mineral resources, fish

South Korea

Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential

The other three members of the East Asian Summit

Australia

Bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum

India

Coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land

New Zealand

Natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone

Some Economic Parameters of the Participants in the East Asian Summit

(Data from The World Factbook 2005)

Table 1: Some basic attributes of participating countries
Table 2: Major exports of participating countries
Table 3: Major imports of participating countries
Table 4: Major energy parameters of participating countries
Table 5: Some major economic characteristics of participating countries (1)
Table 6: Some major economic characteristics of participating countries (2)
Table 7: Major population parameters of participating countries
Table 8: Some major socio-economic characteristics of the participating countries