Table 1: Some basic attributes
of participating countries1
|
|
Total
Area2 |
Arable
Land3 |
Permanent
Crops4 |
Agricultural
Products5 |
Industries6 |
Brunei |
5,770 |
0.57 |
0.76 |
rice, vegetables, fruits, chickens, water buffalo |
petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas,
construction |
|
Cambodia |
181,040 |
20.96 |
0.61 |
rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews, tapioca |
tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products,
rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles |
|
Indonesia |
1,919,440 |
11.32 |
7.23 |
rice, cassava (tapioca), peanuts, rubber, cocoa, coffee,
palm oil, copra, poultry, beef, pork, eggs |
petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining,
cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism |
|
Lao PR |
236,800 |
3.80 |
0.35 |
sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane,
tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice, water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry |
tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power,
agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism |
|
Malaysia |
329,750 |
5.48 |
17.61 |
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa,
rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak
- rubber, pepper, timber |
Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm
processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin
mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging,
petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum
production and refining, logging |
|
Myanmar |
678,500 |
15.19 |
0.97 |
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane;
hardwood; fish and fish products |
agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and
wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials;
pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement |
|
The
Philippines |
300,000 |
18.95 |
16.77 |
sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, casavas,
pineapples, fish, mangoes, pork, eggs, beef |
electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing |
|
Singapore |
692.7 |
1.64 |
0 |
rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables, poultry, eggs,
fish, ornamental fish |
electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling
equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products,
processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction,
life sciences, entrepot trade |
|
Thailand |
514,000 |
29.36 |
6.46 |
rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane,
coconuts, soybeans |
tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing,
beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry, electric
appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated circuits,
furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten producer, and
third-largest tin producer |
Vietnam
|
329,560 |
19.97 |
5.95 |
paddy rice, coffee, fish and seafood, rubber, cotton, tea,
pepper, soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas, poultry |
food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building,
mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper |
|
China,
PR |
9,596,960 |
15.40 |
1.25 |
rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley,
apples, cotton, oilseed, pork, fish |
mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and
other metals; coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel;
petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including
footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment,
including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft;
telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles and satellites |
|
Japan |
377,835 |
12.19 |
0.96 |
rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, pork, poultry, dairy
products, eggs, fish |
motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel
and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods |
|
South Korea |
98,480 |
17.18 |
1.95 |
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs,
chickens, milk, eggs; fish |
electronics, telecommunications, automobile production,
chemicals, shipbuilding, steel |
|
India |
3,287,590 |
54.40 |
2.74 |
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane,
potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish |
textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel,
transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software |
|
Australia |
7,686,850 |
6.55 |
0.04 |
wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry |
mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food
processing, chemicals, steel |
|
New
Zealand |
268,680 |
5.60 |
6.99 |
wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool,
beef, lamb and mutton, dairy products; fish |
food processing, wood and paper products, textiles,
machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining |
1 Based on data from The World
Factbook 2005
2 Square kilometres: the sum of all
land and water areas delineated by international boundaries and/or coastlines
3 Percentage of total area (2001): land
cultivated for crops like wheat, maize, and rice that are replanted after each
harvest
4 Percentage of total area (2001): land
cultivated for crops such as flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and
vines, but excluding land under trees grown for wood or timber
5 Ranked listing, starting with the
most important.
6 Ranked listing, in order of
decreasing output value