Leading exporters and importers in world merchandise trade, 2003
	(Billions of U.S. Dollars)
	Rank	Exporters	Value	Share	Annual Percentage Change		Rank	Exporters	Value	Share	Annual Percentage Change
	1	Germany	748.3	10.0	22		1	United States	1303.1	16.8	9
	2	United States	723.8	9.6	4		2	Germany	601.7	7.7	23
	3	Japan	471.8	6.3	13		3	China	413.1	5.3	40
	4	China	437.9	5.8	34		4	United Kingdom	390.8	5.0	13
	5	France	386.7	5.2	17		5	France	390.5	5.0	19
	6	United Kingdom	304.6	4.1	9		6	Japan	382.9	4.9	14
	7	Netherlands	294.1	3.9	20		7	Italy	290.8	3.7	18
	8	Italy	292.1	3.9	15		8	Netherlands	262.8	3.4	20
	9	Canada	272.7	3.6	8		9	Canada	245.0	3.2	8
	10	Belgium	255.3	3.4	18		10	Belgium	235.4	3.0	18
	11	Hong Kong, China	228.7	3.0	13		11	Hong Kong, China	233.2	3.0	12
		domestic exports	19.6	3.0	7			retained imports  a	24.1	3.0	-1
		re-exports	209.1	3.0	14		12	Spain	201.0	2.6	22
	12	Korea, Republic of	193.8	2.6	19		13	Korea, Republic of	178.8	2.3	18
	13	Mexico	165.4	2.2	3		14	Mexico	178.5	2.3	1
	14	Spain	151.7	2.0	21		15	Singapore	127.9	1.6	10
	15	Taipei, Chinese	150.3	2.0	11			retained imports  a	63.5	1.6	9
	16	Singapore	144.1	1.9	15		16	Taipei, Chinese	127.4	1.6	13
		domestic exports	79.7	1.9	19		17	Austria	98.0	1.3	25
		re-exports	64.4	1.9	10		18	Switzerland	95.2	1.2	14
	17	Russian Federation	134.4	1.8	25		19	Australia	89.1	1.1	23
	18	Sweden	101.2	1.3	24		20	Sweden	82.7	1.1	24
	19	Switzerland	99.4	1.3	13
	20	Malaysia  b	99.4	1.3	7
	21	Austria	95.8	1.3	22		21	Malaysia  b	81.9	1.1	3
	22	Ireland	92.7	1.2	5		22	Thailand	75.8	1.0	17
	23	Saudi Arabia  c	88.5	1.2	23		23	Russian Federation	74.2	1.0	23
	24	Thailand	80.5	1.1	17		24	India  c	70.7	0.9	25
	25	Brazil	73.1	1.0	21		25	Turkey  c	69.3	0.9	34
	26	Australia	71.5	1.0	10		26	Poland	68.0	0.9	23
	27	Norway	67.5	0.9	13		27	Denmark	57.8	0.7	15
	28	Denmark	67.4	0.9	17		28	Ireland	53.4	0.7	2
	29	United Arab Emirates  c	65.8	0.9	26		29	Czech Republic  d	51.1	0.7	26
	30	Indonesia	61.0	0.8	7		30	Brazil	50.7	0.7	2
	31	India  c	56.0	0.7	14		31	Hungary	47.6	0.6	26
	32	Poland	53.5	0.7	31		32	Portugal	45.1	0.6	12
	33	Finland	53.0	0.7	17		33	Greece	43.7	0.6	40
	34	Czech Republic	48.7	0.7	27		34	Finland	42.0	0.5	23
	35	Turkey  c	46.6	0.6	29		35	South Africa	41.1	0.5	40
	36	Hungary	42.5	0.6	23		36	Philippines	39.5	0.5	6
	37	Philippines	36.5	0.5	0		37	Norway	39.5	0.5	13
	38	South Africa	36.5	0.5	23		38	Israel	36.3	0.5	2
	39	Iran, Islamic Rep. of  c	36.2	0.5	29		39	Saudi Arabia  c	36.3	0.5	12
	40	Israel	31.6	0.4	8		40	United Arab Emirates  c	36.0	0.5	11
	41	Portugal	31.4	0.4	18		41	Indonesia	32.6	0.4	4
	42	Argentina	29.4	0.4	14		42	Iran, Islamic Rep. of  c	25.5	0.3	15
	43	Algeria  c	24.6	0.3	31		43	Viet Nam  c	24.9	0.3	31
	44	Venezuela  c	23.7	0.3	-3		44	Romania	24.0	0.3	34
	45	Ukraine	23.1	0.3	29		45	Ukraine	23.0	0.3	36
	46	Slovak Republic	22.0	0.3	52		46	Slovak Republic  d	22.5	0.3	36
	47	Chile	21.0	0.3	16		47	Chile	19.4	0.3	13
	48	Nigeria	20.3	0.3	34		48	New Zealand	18.6	0.2	23
	49	Viet Nam  c	20.2	0.3	22		49	Luxembourg	16.3	0.2	25
	50	Kuwait	19.4	0.3	26		50	Morocco	14.2	0.2	19
		Total of above  e	7015.8	93.5	16			Total of above  e	7208.7	92.7	16
		World  e	7503.0	100.0	16			World  e	7778.0	100.0	16
	Symbols:
	a  Retained imports are defined as imports less re-exports.
	b  Revised trade figures ($105 billion for exports and $83.6 billion for imports), which were not available to the WTO by  the closing date of this publication,
	place Malaysia as the 18th and 20th leading exporter and importer, respectively.
	c  WTO estimates.
	d  Imports are valued f.o.b.
	e  Includes significant re-exports or imports for re-export.
	Source:
	"International Trade Statistics 2004" - WTO