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The World's 100 Largest Non-Financial TNCs
Ranked by Foreign Assets

1998

Asset and Sales Figures in $US Billions

Corporation
 Home Country Industry Foreign Assets Total Assets Foreign Sales Total Sales
1. General Electric
 US Electronics 128.6 355.9 28.7 100.5
2. General Motors
 US Motor Vehicles 73.1 246.7 49.9 155.5
3. Royal Dutch/Shell Group
 Netherlands/US Petroleum 67 110 50 94
4. Ford Motor Company
 US Motor Vehicles ... 237.5 43.8 144.4
5. Exxon Corporation
 US Petroleum 50.1 70 92.7 115.4
6. Toyota
 Japan Motor Vehicles 44.9 131.5 55.2 101
7. IBM
 US Computers 43.6 86.1 46.4 81.7
8. BP AMOCO
 UK Petroleum 40.5 54.9 48.6 68.3
9. DaimlerChrysler
 Germany Motor Vehicles 36.7 159.7 125.4 154.6
10. Nestle SA
 Switzerland Food/Beverages 35.6 41.1 51.2 52
11. Volkswagon Group
 Germany Motor Vehicles ... 70.1 52.3
12. Unilever
 Netherlands/UK Food/Beverages 32.9 35.8 39.4 44.9
13. Suez Lyonnaise Des Eaux
 France Diversified/Utility ... 84.6 12.9 34.8
14. Wal-Mart Stores
 US Retailing 30.2 50 19.4 137.6
15. ABB
 Switzerland Electrical Equipment ... 32.9 23.1 27.7
16. Mobil Corporation
 US Petroleum ... 42.8 29.7 53.5
17. Diageo Plc
 UK Beverages 27.9 46.3 10.5 12.4
18. Honda Motor Co Ltd
 Japan Motor Vehicles 26.3 41.8 29.7 51.7
19. Siemens AG
 Germany Electronics ... 66.8 45.7 66
20. Sony Corporation
 Japan Electronics ... 52.5 40.7 56.6
21. Renault SA
 France Motor Vehicles 23.6 43.2 25.4 39.8
22. News Corporation
 Australia Media/Publishing 22.9 33.6 10.5 11.7
23. BMW AG
 Germany Motor Vehicles 22.9 35.7 26.8 37.7
24. Mitsubishi Corporation
 Japan Diversified 21.7 74.9 43.5 116.1
25. Nissan Motor Co Ltd
 Japan Motor Vehicles 21.6 57.2 25.8 54.4
26. Bayer AG
 Germany Pharmaceuticals/Chemicals 21.4 34.3 21.9 31.1
27. Roche Holding AG
 Switzerland Pharmaceuticals 21.2 40.6 16.7 17
28. Hoechst AG
 Germany Pharmaceuticals/Chemicals 21.2 33.5 21 26.2
29. Elf Aquitaine SA
 France Petroleum 20.7 43.2 21.8 37.9
30. Viag AG
 Germany Diversified ... 34.8 16.3 27.9
31. Rhone-Poulenc SA
 France Pharmaceuticals/Chemicals ... 28.4 12 14.7
32. Total Fina SA
 France Petroleum ... 27 20.8 28.6
33. Philips Electronics
 Netherlands Electronics 19 32.8 32.1 33.9
34. Seagram Company
 Canada Beverages/Media 18.8 22.2 9.1 8.7
35. Cable And Wireless Plc
 UK Telecommunications 17.7 28.5 8.8 13.2
36. Hewlett-Packard
 US Electronics/Computers 17.6 33.7 25.2 46.5
37. Mitsui & Co Ltd.
 Japan Diversified 17.3 56.5 46.5 118.5
38. ENI Group
 Italy Petroleum ... 48.4 12 33.2
39. Chevron Corporation
 US Petroleum 16.9 36.5 2 29.9
40. BASF AG
 Germany Chemicals ... 30.4 24.2 32.4
41. Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours
 US Chemicals 16.7 38.5 11.7 24.8
42. Alcatel
 France Electronics 16.7 34.6 14.5 23.6
43. Peugeot SA
 France Motor Vehicles 15.9 39.8 24.4 37.5
44. Texas Utilities Company
 US Utility 15.8 39.5 4 14.7
45. Itochu Corporation
 Japan Trading 15.1 55.9 18.4 115.3
46. Sumitomo Corporation
 Japan Trading/Machinery 15 45 17.6 95
47. Coca-Cola Company
 US Beverages 14.9 19.2 11.9 18.8
48. Nortel Networks
 Canada Telecommunications 14.3 19.7 12.2 17.6
49. Nissho Iwai
 Japan Trading 14.2 38.5 9.1 71.6
50. Fiat Spa
 Italy Motor Vehicles 14.2 76.1 19.4 51
51. Motorola Inc
 US Electronics 14 31 14 31.3
52. Telefonica SA
 Spain Telecommunications 13.8 42.3 6.1 20.5
53. Vivendi SA
 France DIversified/Utility ... 57.1 11.5 35.3
54. Rio Tinto Plc
 UK/Australia Mining 12.4 16.1 7.1 7.1
55. Matsushita Electric
 Japan Electronics 12.2 66.2 32.4 63.7
56. Fujitsu Ltd
 Japan Electronics 12.2 42.3 15.9 43.3
57. Thomson Corporation
 Canada Media/Publishing 12.1 12.5 5.8 6.2
58. Hitachi Ltd
 Japan Electronics 12 76.6 19.8 63.8
59. McDonald's Corporation
 US Eating Places 12 19.8 7.5 12.4
60. Robert Bosch GmbH
 Germany Motor Vehicle Parts ... 21.9 19.6 30.2
61. RJR Nabisco Holdings
 US Food/Tobacco ... 28.9 5.6 17
62. Holderbank Financier Glarus
 Switzerland Construction Materials 11.6 12.8 7 8
63. Stora Enso Oys
 Finland Paper 11.5 18 10.8 11.7
64. Michelin
 France Rubber/Tires ... 15 12.3 14.6
65. VEBA Group
 Germany Diversified ... 52.2 14.7 49
66. RWE Group
 Germany Utility 10.8 57.2 8.2 41.2
67. Glaxo Wellcome Plc
 UK Pharmaceuticals 10.8 15.5 10.9 13.3
68. Marubeni Corporation
 Japan Trading 10.6 53.8 31.4 98.8
69. British American Tobacco Plc
 UK Food/Tobacco 10.5 12.4 13.8 15.3
70. Dow Chemical
 US Chemicals 10.4 23.8 11 18.4
71. SmithKline Beecham Plc
 UK Pharmaceuticals 10.4 15 12.4 13.4
72. Danone Groupe SA
 France Food/Beverages 10.3 17.6 8.8 14.4
73. Carrefour SA
 France Retailing 10.3 20.3 17.2 30.4
74. Johnson & Johnson
 US Pharmaceuticals ... 26.2 11.1 23.7
75. Compart Spa
 Italy Food 10.2 21.6 10.5 15
76. SBC Communications
 US Telecommunications ... 75 ... 46.2
77. Akzo Nobel NV
 Netherlands Chemicals 10.1 14 11.6 14.6
78. Procter & Gamble
 US Chemicals/Cosmetics 10 31 17.9 37.2
79. Montedison Spa
 Italy Chemicals/Agriindustry ... 19.4 9.9 14.3
80. Ericsson LM
 Sweden Electronics/Telecommunications 9.6 20.7 17.8 22.8
81. Southern Company
 US Utility 9.6 36.2 1.8 11.4
82. Electrolux AB
 Sweden Electronics ... 10.3 13.8 14.5
83. Volvo AB
 Sweden Motor Vehicles ... 25.2 23.8 26.3
84. Royal Ahold NV
 Netherlands Retailing ... 13.3 20.9 29.4
85. Merck & Co
 US Pharmaceuticals 9.3 31.9 6.6 26.9
86. L'Air Liquide Groupe
 France Chemicals ... 10.6 5.1 6.8
87. Mannesmann AG
 Germany Telecommuncations/Engineering ... 20.3 10.8 21.2
88. Mitsubishi Motors
 Japan Motor Vehicles 8.4 25.4 16.8 29.1
89. Broken HIll Proprietary
 Australia Steel Manufacturing 8 20.6 8.7 12.6
90. Crown Cork & Seal
 US Packaging 8 12.5 5 8.3
91. Petroleos de Venezuela SA
 Venezuela Petroleum 7.9 48.8 11 25.7
92. Canon Electronics
 Japan Electronics/Office Equipment 7.4 23.4 17.8 24.4
93. Bridgestone
 Japan Rubber/Tires 7.4 14.7 11.3 17.1
94. GTE Corporation
 US Telecommunications 7.3 43.6 3.3 27.7
95. Atlantic Richfield
 US Petroleum ... 25.2 1.6 10.3
96. Imperial Chemical Industries
 UK Chemicals 7.2 14.9 10.9 15.1
97. Compaq Computer Center
 US Computers 7 21.7 16.4 31.2
98. SCA
 Sweden Paper 7 9.7 7 7.7
99. ALCOA
 US Aluminium Manufacturing ... 17 6.6 15.3
100. Toshiba Corporation
 Japan Electronics 6.8 48.8 14.5 44.6

Source: World Investment Report 2000

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