.2%;
cars, trucks, and buses 8.9%; scientific and precision instruments
3.5%; plastics 3.4%; iron and steel 2.7%; organic chemicals 2.6%;
pharmaceutical products 2.6%; diamonds, pearls, and precious stones
1.9% (2006 est.)

Exports - partners:

US 13.7%, Germany 7.3%, China 6.2%, France 4.6%, UK 4.5%, Japan 4.1%
(2007)

Imports:

$13.74 trillion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:

the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services
top ten - share of world trade: see listing for exports

Imports - partners:

China 10.7%, Germany 9.23%, US 8.28%, Japan 5.14%, France 3.99%
(2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

ODA, $106.4 billion (2005)

Debt - external:

$51.78 trillion
note: this figure is the sum total of all countries' external debt,
both public and private (2004 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

World total DFI $14 trillion
top ten recipients of DFI: US $1.966 trillion; UK $1.324 trillion;
France $872.4 billion; Germany $811.0 billion; HK $780.4 billion;
China $758.9 billion; Belgium $703.9 billion; Netherlands $535.1
billion; Canada $527.4 billion; Spain $487.8 billion (year-end 2007
est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

World total DFI $14 trillion
top ten sources of DFI: US $2.627 trillion; UK $1.741 trillion;
France $1.211 trillion; Germany $1.123 trillion; Netherlands $811.4
billion; HK $716.2 billion; Spain $613.9 billion; Switzerland $591.5
billion; Belgium $537.6 billion; Japan $527.8 billion (year-end 2007
est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$53.51 trillion (2006)

Communications
World

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,263,367,600 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,168,433,600 (2005)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios:

NA

Television broadcast stations:

NA

Televisions:

NA

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

10,350 (2000 est.)

Internet users:

1,018,057,389 (2005)

Transportation
World

Airports:

total airports - 49,024
top ten by passengers: Atlanta - 84,846,639; Chicago - 77,028,134;
London - 67,530,197; Tokyo - 65,810,672; Los Angeles - 61,041,066;
Dallas/Fort Worth - 60,226,138; Paris - 56,849,567; Frankfurt -
52,810,683; Beijing - 48,654,770; Denver - 47,325,016
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis - 3,692,