Major imports

Table 3: Major imports of participating countries¹

	Value²	Commodities³	Major Sources (2004)³ (see here for pie-charts for individual participants)
	Value²	Commodities³	*Australia*	*Belgium*	*China*	*Germany*	*Hong Kong*	*Indonesia*	*Japan*	*Malaysia*	*Saudi Arabia*	*Singapore*	*Switzerland*	*South Korea*	*Taiwan*	*Thailand*	*UAE*	UK	US	Vietnam
*Brunei*	$5.2 billion	machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals							7.2	21.2		32.7						8.3			*Brunei*
*Cambodia*	$3.129 billion	petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products			13.6		14.1					10.8			8.4	22.5				10.9	*Cambodia*
*Indonesia*	$45.07 billion	machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels, foodstuffs	4.8		8.8				13.1		4.2	13.1		4.2		6.0			7.0		*Indonesia*
*Lao PR*	$579.5 million	machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, consumer goods			10.3							4.0				60.5				7.1	*Lao PR*
Malaysia	$99.3 billion	electronics, machinery, petroleum products, plastics, vehicles, iron and steel products, chemicals			9.9	4. 5		4.0	16.1			11.2		5.0	5.5	5.6			14.6		Malaysia
*Myanmar*	$1.754 billion⁴	fabric, petroleum products, plastics, machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food products			29.8					4.8		20.8		5.2		19.3					*Myanmar*
*The Philippines*	$37.5 billion	raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, vehicles and vehicle parts, plastic, chemicals, grains			6.0				17.4	4.5		7.8		6.2	7.3				18.8		*The Philippines*
*Singapore*	$155.2 billion	machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs			9.9				11.7	15.3				4.3	5.7	4.1			12.7		*Singapore*
*Thailand*	$80.84 billion	capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels			8.6		4.0		23.6	5.8		4.4			4.1				7.6		*Thailand*
*Vietnam*	$26.31 billion	machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer, steel products, raw cotton, grain, cement, motorcycles			13.7				10.5			10.5		10.8	11.3	6.2					*Vietnam*
*China PR*	$552.4 billion	machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, iron and steel				5.4			16.8					11.1	11.4				8.0		*China, PR*
*Japan*	$401.8 billion	machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials (2001)	4.3		20.7			4.1			4.1			4.9			4.0		14		*Japan*
*South Korea*	$214.2 billion	machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics			13.2				20.6		5.3								12.9		*Korea, Republic of*
*India*	$89.33 billion	crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals		4.4	6.1								5.2						6.0		*India*
*Australia*	$98.1 billion	machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products			12.7	5.8			11.8			4.4						4.1	14.8		*Australia*
*New Zealand*	$19.77 billion	machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, plastics	22.4		9.7	5.2			11.2										11.3		*New Zealand*

¹Based 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 c.i.f.])

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

⁴ Official import figures are grossly underestimated due to smuggling

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Table 1: Some basic attributes of participating countries
Table 2: Major exports 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

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