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Top 10 Leading Exporters and Importers in World Merchandise Trade: 2000,,,,,,,
(Billions of current U.S. dollars),,,,,,,
"Rank in
2000",Exporters,Value,Percent,,,,
1,United States, 781 , 12.3 ,,,,
2,Germany , 552 , 8.7 ,,,,
3,Japan, 479 , 7.5 ,,,,
4,France, 298 , 4.7 ,,,,
5,United Kingdom, 284 , 4.5 ,,,,
6,Canada, 277 , 4.3 ,,,,
7,China, 249 , 3.9 ,,,,
8,Italy, 238 , 3.7 ,,,,
9,Netherlands, 213 , 3.3 ,,,,
10,Hong Kong, 202 , 3.2 ,,,,
,"Total, top 10
countries"," 3,573 ", 56.1 ,,,,
,"Total,
all countries1"," 6,364 ", 100.0 ,,,,
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Rank in 2000,Importers,Value,Percent,,,,
1,United States," 1,258 ", 18.9 ,,,,
2,Germany , 503 , 7.5 ,,,,
3,Japan, 380 , 5.7 ,,,,
4,United Kingdom, 337 , 5.1 ,,,,
5,France, 305 , 4.6 ,,,,
6,Canada, 245 , 3.7 ,,,,
7,Italy, 236 , 3.5 ,,,,
8,China, 225 , 3.4 ,,,,
9,Hong Kong, 214 , 3.2 ,,,,
10,Netherlands, 198 , 3.0 ,,,,
,"Total, top 10
 countries"," 3,901 ", 58.5 ,,,,
,"Total,
all countries1"," 6,669 ", 100.0 ,,,,
1 Includes significant re-exports or imports for re-export.,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; based on data from the World Trade Organization,  ""Table 1.5: Leading Exporters and Importers in World Merchandise Trade, 2000,"" International Trade Statistics 2001, available at http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/statis_e/its2001_e/section1/i05.xls, as of June 11, 2002.",,,,,,,
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