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WHAT CHINA EATS (AND DRINKS AND...)
With 1.3 billion people--an ever-growing percentage of the world's commodities and products, from aluminum to washing machines. Numbers show what percentage of the world's consumption is accounted for by China.
(FORTUNE Magazine) – People 1998 21.1% 2003 20.5% Aluminum 1996 10.3% 2003 18.6% Beef and veal 1998 9.8% 2003 12.6% Cellphone users 1998 7.5% 2003 20.1% Cigarettes 1998 30.8% 2002 34.8% Coal 1998 27.2% 2003 31.0% Computers 1998 3.3% 2002 6.1% Copper 1998 10.4% 2003 19.7% Cotton 1998 22.2% 2003 32.7% Electricity 1998 8.0% 2002 10.2% Fish 1993 22.1% 2001 32.3% Hair-care products 1999 3.7% 2003 3.9% Ice cream 1998 14.1% 2003 19.1% Microwaves 1998 7.9% 2002 12.1% Petroleum 1998 5.5% 2003 7.7% Pork 1998 48.8% 2003 50.8% Poultry 1998 18.6% 2003 19.2% Rice 1998 34.5% 2003 32.8% Soda 1998 2.9% 2003 3.9% Soybeans 1998 14.2% 2003 19.6% Steel (finished) 1998 16.2% 2003 26.9% TVs 1998 23.6% 2002 23.2% Vacuum cleaners 1998 1.3% 2002 1.1% Washing machines 1998 10.6% 2002 18.0% SOURCES: U.S. CENSUS, INTERNATIONAL DATABASE (PEOPLE); EUROMONITOR (SODA, ICE CREAM, TV SETS, WASHING MACHINES, MICROWAVES, VACUUM CLEANERS); UBS COMMODITY CONNECTIONS (ALUMINUM, COPPER); IISI (STEEL); USDA, FAS, PS&D ONLINE (RICE, SOYBEANS, BEEF AND VEAL, POULTRY, PORK, COTTON, CIGARETTES); FAO (FISH); DATAMONITOR (HAIR-CARE PRODUCTS); ITU (CELLPHONE USERS, PERSONAL COMPUTERS); BP STATISTICAL REVIEW OF WORLD ENERGY 2004 (COAL, PETROLEUM); U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (ELECTRICITY). PICTURE REFERENCE: IMAGINE CHINA. |
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