Table 2: Major exports of participating countries1

 

 

Value2

 

 

Commodities3

Major Targets3 (see here for pie-charts for individual participants)

 

Australia

Canada

China

France

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Thailand

UAE

UK

US

Vietnam

 

Brunei

$7.7 billion

crude oil, natural gas, refined products

11.2

4.5

     

5.9

38.1

       

14.0

7.9

   

8.6

Brunei

Cambodia

$2.311 billion

Clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear

4.2

11.7

                       

6.9

55.9

4.4

Cambodia

Indonesia

$69.86 billion

oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber

6.4

       

22.3

4.2

   

8.4

6.8

       

12.3

Indonesia

Lao PR

$365.5 million

garments, wood products, coffee, electricity, tin

     

8.0

5.3

                   

19.3

5.0

13.4

Lao PR

Malaysia

$123.5 billion

electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles, chemicals

   

6.7

 

6.0

10.1

     

15.0

   

4.8

   

18.8

Malaysia

Myanmar

$2.137 billion4

clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice

   

6.0

   

11.7

5.3

           

37.8

   

 

Myanmar

The Philippines

$38.63 billion

electronic equipment, machinery and transport equipment, garments, optical instruments, coconut products, fruits and nuts, copper products, chemicals

   

6.7

   

7.9

   

20.1

5.2

9.0

6.6

5.6

   

18.2

 

The Philippines

Singapore

$174 billion

machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels

   

8.6

   

9.8

   

6.4

15.2

   

4.1

4.6

4.3

   

13.0

 

Singapore

Thailand

$87.91 billion

textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances

   

7.3

   

5.1

   

13.9

5.4

   

7.2

         

15.9

 

Thailand

Vietnam

$23.72 billion

crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes

7.0

 

9.0

 

5.9

     

13.6

   

4.8

       

4.6

20.2

 

Vietnam

China PR

$583.1 billion

machinery and equipment, plastics, optical and medical equipment, iron and steel

   

 

4.0

17.0

   

12.4

       

4.7

       

21.1

 

China, PR

Japan

$538.8 billion

transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals

   

13.1

   

6.3

             

7.8

7.4

     

22.7

 

Japan

South Korea

$250.6 billion

semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals

   

19.7

   

7.2

   

8.6

                 

17.0

 

Korea, Republic of

India

$69.18 billion

textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures

   

5.5

   

4.7

           

4.5

     

8.8

4.5

17.0

 

India

Australia

$86.89 billion

coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment

   

9.2

   

4.6

18.6

   

7.4

7.7

     

4.2

8.1

 

Australia

New Zealand

$19.85 billion

dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery

21.0

5.7

         

11.3

               

4.7

14.4

 

New Zealand

 

1 Based on data from The World Factbook 2005

2 Total US dollar amount 'free on board', based on exchange rate rather than purchasing power parity (2004 estimates except Brunei [2003])

3 As a percentage of total f.o.b. exports

4 Official export figures are grossly underestimated due to smuggling