250 Table 7.2 Top-15 Intermediate-Goods Importers and Exporters in the Electronics Industry, 2006 Electronics intermediate importers
US$, millions
Percentage of total
Percentage change 1988–2006
China Hong Kong, China United States Singapore Germany Japan Malaysia Taiwan, China Mexico Korea, Rep. of Netherlands Philippines United Kingdom France Thailand
186,294 104,856 94,466 73,040 51,569 45,639 44,695 35,899 35,705 35,486 26,868 23,685 23,130 19,577 18,607
18.9 10.6 9.6 7.4 5.2 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.9
15,219.0 1,452.2 194.0 590.5 236.3 422.5 466.8 405.6 3,048.9 365.8 392.9 1,052.6 79.5 118.8 423.3
Electronics intermediate exporters
US$, millions
Percentage of total
Percentage change 1991–2006
China Hong Kong, China United States Singapore Japan Taiwan, China Korea, Rep. of Germany Malaysia Netherlands United Kingdom Philippines France Thailand Mexico
109,433 101,873 101,807 97,278 88,994 63,824 55,028 52,685 43,966 30,637 22,538 22,024 19,148 15,756 13,115
11.7 10.9 10.9 10.4 9.5 6.8 5.9 5.7 4.7 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.4
21,649.1 2,580.0 179.4 942.2 160.8 834.0 543.2 235.5 512.9 520.2 121.1 1,186.4 131.3 438.6 3,594.1
Sources: UN Comtrade Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Rev. 1 data. To identify commodities as Consumption, Capital, and Intermediate goods, the conversion table Broad Economic Category (BEC) to SITC Rev. 1 from World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) was used. In order to calculate constant price data, National Accounts data from United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Statistics Unit and a GDP deflator were applied.