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Monday, March 28, 2005

Top companies in China, Japan, India , and US ( on business)

There has been a lot of interest that the 21st Century would be the Asian century. How do the top Asian economies fare. Here is a comparison of how the top 10 companies of each country fare against the top of the US. All figures are the sales in US dollars, and the percentage is how that company compares to the US company in the same rank. Sources are Yazhou Zhokan Dec 5 2004 issue and Fortune April 5 2004 issue).   The percentage after the country is how the top 10 companies in that economy ranked vs. the US top 10.

This is just for curiosity only, and does not meant to prove anything.

China , 15.9%

1. State Grid Corporation of China, 58.3 billion, 22.5%

2. China Petroleum and Chemical 53.5 billion, 25.09%

3. Petrochina 36.688 billion, 18.75%

4. China Mobile 19.155 billion, 11.65%

5. Sinochem 18.846 billion, 14.04%

6. China Telecom 14.3 billion, 12.66%

7. China Faw Group 13.768 billion, 13.84%

8. Cofco 13.29 billion, 14.03%

9. Shanghai Automotive 11.75 billion, 13.18%

10. Dongfeng Cars Company 10.8 billion, 13.28%

Japan , 66.76%

1. Toyota Motor Corp 149 billion, 57.6%

2. Mitsubhishi Corp. 130.9 billion, 61.4%

3. Mitsui & Co. 105.9 billion, 54.13%

4. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 95.7 billion, 58.18%

5. Itochu Corporation 82 billion, 61.11%

6. Sumitomo Corp 79 billion, 69.95%

7. Hitachi Ltd., 74.46 billion, 74.86%

8. HOnda Motor 70.4 billion, 74.33%

9. Marubeni Corp. 68.19 billion, 76.51%

10. Sony Corporatio 64.66 billion, 79.53%

India, 5.32%

1. Indian Oil Corporation 24.828 billion,9.60%

2. Hindustran Petroleum 11.48 billion,5.38%

3. Bharat Petroleum 11.473 billion,5.86%

4. Reliance Industries 11.168 billion,6.79%

5. Oil & Natural Gas Corp 9.369 billion,6.98%

6. National Thermal Power 5.573 billion, 4.93%

7. Steel Authority of India 4.795 billion, 4.82%

8. Tata Motors 3.001 billion,3.17%

9. Larsen & Toubro 2.42 billion, 2.72%

10.Tata Iron and Steel 2.419 billion, 2.98%

United States

1. Walmart Stores 259 billion

2. Exxon Mobil 213 billion

3. General Motors 196 billion

4. Ford Motors 164 billion

5. General Electric 134 billion

6. chevronTexaco 112.94 billion

7. Conocophillips, 99.468 billion

8. Citigroup, 94.713 billion

9. International Business Machines, 89.131 billion

10. American International Group, 81.3 billion
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