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Country	Industries
Afghanistan	small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; handwoven carpets; natural gas, coal, copper
Albania	food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower
Algeria	petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
American Samoa	tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
Andorra	tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber, banking
Angola	petroleum; diamonds, iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold; cement; basic metal products; fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco products; sugar; textiles
Anguilla	tourism, boat building, offshore financial services
Antigua and Barbuda	tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances)
Argentina	food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Armenia	diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy
Aruba	tourism, transshipment facilities, oil refining
Australia	mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
Austria	construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism
Azerbaijan	petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles
Bahamas, The	tourism, banking, e-commerce, cement, oil refining and transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite, pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe
Bahrain	petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking, ship repairing; tourism
Bangladesh	cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
Barbados	tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export
Belarus	metal-cutting machine tools, tractors, trucks, earthmovers, motorcycles, television sets, chemical fibers, fertilizer, textiles, radios, refrigerators
Belgium	engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, petroleum
Belize	garment production, food processing, tourism, construction
Benin	textiles, food processing, chemical production, construction materials (2001)
Bermuda	tourism, international business, light manufacturing
Bhutan	cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic beverages, calcium carbide
Bolivia	mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages, tobacco, handicrafts, clothing
Bosnia and Herzegovina	steel, coal, iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, bauxite, vehicle assembly, textiles, tobacco products, wooden furniture, tank and aircraft assembly, domestic appliances, oil refining (2001)
Botswana	diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash; livestock processing; textiles
Brazil	textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
British Virgin Islands	tourism, light industry, construction, rum, concrete block, offshore financial center
Brunei	petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
Bulgaria	electricity, gas and water; food, beverages and tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel
Burkina Faso	cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap, cigarettes, textiles, gold
Burma	agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement
Burundi	light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing
Cambodia	tourism, garments, rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber, cement, gem mining, textiles
Cameroon	petroleum production and refining, food processing, light consumer goods, textiles, lumber
Canada	transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Cape Verde	food and beverages, fish processing, shoes and garments, salt mining, ship repair
Cayman Islands	tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction, construction materials, furniture
Central African Republic	diamond mining, logging, brewing, textiles, footwear, assembly of bicycles and motorcycles
Chad	oil, cotton textiles, meatpacking, beer brewing, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes, construction materials
Chile	copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles
China	iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications
Christmas Island	tourism, phosphate extraction (near depletion)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	copra products and tourism
Colombia	textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds
Comoros	tourism, perfume distillation
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	mining (diamonds, copper, zinc), mineral processing, consumer products (including textiles, footwear, cigarettes, processed foods and beverages), cement
Congo, Republic of the	petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes
Cook Islands	fruit processing, tourism, fishing, clothing, handicrafts
Costa Rica	microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Cote d'Ivoire	foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity
Croatia	chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum, paper, wood products, construction materials, textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food and beverages; tourism
Cuba	sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals
Cyprus	food, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal products, tourism, wood products
Czech Republic	metallurgy, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, glass, armaments
Denmark	food processing, machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding, windmills
Djibouti	construction, agricultural processing
Dominica	soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
Dominican Republic	tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco
East Timor	printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth
Ecuador	petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals
Egypt	textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals
El Salvador	food processing, beverages, petroleum, chemicals, fertilizer, textiles, furniture, light metals
Equatorial Guinea	petroleum, fishing, sawmilling, natural gas
Eritrea	food processing, beverages, clothing and textiles
Estonia	engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile; information technology, telecommunications
Ethiopia	food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metals processing, cement
European Union	among the world's largest and most technologically advanced industries, including iron and steel, aluminum, petroleum, coal, cement, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, aircraft, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, electrical power equipment, machine tools, electronics, telecommunications equipment, fishing, food processing, furniture, paper, textiles and clothing, tourism
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	fish and wool processing; tourism
Faroe Islands	fishing, fish processing, shipbuilding, construction, handicrafts
Fiji	tourism, sugar, clothing, copra, gold, silver, lumber, small cottage industries
Finland	metal products, electronics, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing
France	machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism
French Guiana	construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining
French Polynesia	tourism, pearls, agricultural processing, handicrafts, phosphates
Gabon	petroleum extraction and refining; manganese, and gold mining; chemicals; ship repair; food and beverage; textile; lumbering and plywood; cement
Gambia, The	processing peanuts, fish, and hides; tourism; beverages; agricultural machinery assembly, woodworking, metalworking; clothing
Gaza Strip	generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center
Georgia	steel, aircraft, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese and copper), chemicals, wood products, wine
Germany	among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles
Ghana	mining, lumbering, light manufacturing, aluminum smelting, food processing
Gibraltar	tourism, banking and finance, ship repairing, tobacco
Greece	tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum
Greenland	fish processing (mainly shrimp and Greenland halibut), handicrafts, hides and skins, small shipyards, mining
Grenada	food and beverages, textiles, light assembly operations, tourism, construction
Guadeloupe	construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism
Guam	US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles
Guatemala	sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
Guernsey	tourism, banking
Guinea	bauxite, gold, diamonds; alumina refining; light manufacturing and agricultural processing industries
Guinea-Bissau	agricultural products processing, beer, soft drinks
Guyana	bauxite, sugar, rice milling, timber, textiles, gold mining
Haiti	sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly industries based on imported parts
Holy See (Vatican City)	printing; production of coins, medals, postage stamps, a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms; worldwide banking and financial activities
Honduras	sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products
Hong Kong	textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
Hungary	mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles
Iceland	fish processing; aluminum smelting, ferrosilicon production, geothermal power; tourism
India	textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software
Indonesia	petroleum and natural gas, textiles, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, food, tourism
Iran	petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), metal fabricating, armaments
Iraq	petroleum, chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing
Ireland	food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal; software
Israel	high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting
Italy	tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics
Jamaica	tourism, bauxite/alumina, textiles, agro processing, wearing apparel, light manufactures, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
Japan	among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Jersey	tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Jordan	phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light manufacturing, tourism
Kazakhstan	oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
Kenya	small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism
Kiribati	fishing, handicrafts
Korea, North	military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism
Korea, South	electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel
Kuwait	petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, construction materials
Kyrgyzstan	small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement, shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold, rare earth metals
Laos	tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism
Latvia	buses, vans, street and railroad cars, synthetic fibers, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios, electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note - dependent on imports for energy and raw materials
Lebanon	banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles; mineral and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil refining; metal fabricating
Lesotho	food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts; construction; tourism
Liberia	rubber processing, palm oil processing, timber, diamonds
Libya	petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement
Liechtenstein	electronics, metal manufacturing, dental products, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, food products, precision instruments, tourism, optical instruments
Lithuania	metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber
Luxembourg	banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum
Macau	tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys
Macedonia	coal, metallic chromium, lead, zinc, ferronickel, textiles, wood products, tobacco, food processing, buses, steel
Madagascar	meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, tourism
Malawi	tobacco, tea, sugar, sawmill products, cement, consumer goods
Malaysia	Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging
Maldives	fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand mining
Mali	food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
Malta	tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction; food and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco
Man, Isle of	financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
Marshall Islands	copra, fish, tourism, craft items from shell, wood, and pearls
Martinique	construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism
Mauritania	fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum
Mauritius	food processing (largely sugar milling), textiles, clothing; chemicals, metal products, transport equipment, nonelectrical machinery; tourism
Mayotte	newly created lobster and shrimp industry, construction
Mexico	food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
Micronesia, Federated States of	tourism, construction, fish processing, specialized aquaculture, craft items from shell, wood, and pearls
Moldova	food processing, agricultural machinery, foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, hosiery, sugar, vegetable oil, shoes, textiles
Monaco	tourism, construction, small-scale industrial and consumer products
Mongolia	construction materials; mining (coal, copper, molybdenum, fluorspar, and gold); oil; food and beverages; processing of animal products
Montserrat	tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances
Morocco	phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism
Mozambique	food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), aluminum, petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco
Namibia	meatpacking, fish processing, dairy products; mining (diamond, lead, zinc, tin, silver, tungsten, uranium, copper)
Nauru	phosphate mining, offshore banking, coconut products
Nepal	tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarette; cement and brick production
Netherlands	agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, fishing
Netherlands Antilles	tourism (Curacao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curacao), petroleum transshipment facilities (Curacao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curacao)
New Caledonia	nickel mining and smelting
New Zealand	food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining
Nicaragua	food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood
Niger	uranium mining, cement, brick, textiles, food processing, chemicals, slaughterhouses
Nigeria	crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel
Niue	tourism, handicrafts, food processing
Norfolk Island	tourism
Northern Mariana Islands	tourism, construction, garments, handicrafts
Norway	petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing
Oman	crude oil production and refining, natural gas production, construction, cement, copper
Pakistan	textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp
Palau	tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction, garment making
Panama	construction, petroleum refining, brewing, cement and other construction materials, sugar milling
Papua New Guinea	copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism
Paraguay	sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power
Peru	mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication
Philippines	electronics assembly, textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining, fishing
Pitcairn Islands	postage stamps, handicrafts
Poland	machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles
Portugal	textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism
Puerto Rico	pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, tourism
Qatar	crude oil production and refining, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement
Reunion	sugar, rum, cigarettes, handicraft items, flower oil extraction
Romania	textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining
Russia	complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals; all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles; shipbuilding; road and rail transportation equipment; communications equipment; agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment; electric power generating and transmitting equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts
Rwanda	cement, agricultural products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
Saint Helena	construction, crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing
Saint Kitts and Nevis	sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear, beverages
Saint Lucia	clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut processing
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	fish processing and supply base for fishing fleets; tourism
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	food processing, cement, furniture, clothing, starch
Samoa	food processing, building materials, auto parts
San Marino	tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Sao Tome and Principe	light construction, textiles, soap, beer; fish processing; timber
Saudi Arabia	crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement, construction, fertilizer, plastics
Senegal	agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining, construction materials
Serbia and Montenegro	machine building (aircraft, trucks, and automobiles; tanks and weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural machinery); metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium); mining (coal, bauxite, nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone); consumer goods (textiles, footwear, foodstuffs, appliances); electronics, petroleum products, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals
Seychelles	fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages
Sierra Leone	mining (diamonds); small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining
Singapore	electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
Slovakia	metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products
Slovenia	ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting, electronics (including military electronics), trucks, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools
Solomon Islands	fish (tuna), mining, timber
Somalia	a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down), wireless communication
South Africa	mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs
Spain	textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism
Sri Lanka	rubber processing, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Sudan	oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
Suriname	bauxite and gold mining, alumina production, oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing
Swaziland	mining (coal), wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textile and apparel
Sweden	iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles
Switzerland	machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments
Syria	petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining
Taiwan	electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
Tajikistan	aluminum, zinc, lead, chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers
Tanzania	agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt
Thailand	tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry, electric appliances and components, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, world's second-largest tungsten producer, and third-largest tin producer
Togo	phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts, textiles, beverages
Tokelau	small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Tonga	tourism, fishing
Trinidad and Tobago	petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles
Tunisia	petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages
Turkey	textiles, food processing, autos, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper
Turkmenistan	natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing
Turks and Caicos Islands	tourism, offshore financial services
Tuvalu	fishing, tourism, copra
Uganda	sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Ukraine	coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)
United Arab Emirates	petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling
United Kingdom	machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods
United States	leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining
Uruguay	food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages
Uzbekistan	textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, natural gas, chemicals
Vanuatu	food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
Venezuela	petroleum, iron ore mining, construction materials, food processing, textiles, steel, aluminum, motor vehicle assembly
Vietnam	food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building, mining, cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, coal, steel, paper
Virgin Islands	tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics
Wallis and Futuna	copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber
West Bank	generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers
Western Sahara	phosphate mining, handicrafts
World	dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems
Yemen	crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement
Zambia	copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture
Zimbabwe	mining (coal, gold, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

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