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The World's 25 Largest Non-Financial TNCs
Ranked by Foreign Assets

1999

Asset and Sales Figures in $US Billions

Corporation
 Home Country Industry Foreign Assets Total Assets Foreign Sales Total Sales
1. General Electric
 US Electronics 141.1 405.2 32.7 111.6
2. ExxonMobil Corporation
 US Petroleum 99.4 144.5 115.5 160.9
3. Royal Dutch/Shell Group
 Netherlands/US Petroleum 68.7 113.9 53.5 105.4
4. General Motors
 US Motor Vehicles 68.5 274.7 46.5 176.6
5. Ford Motor Company
 US Motor Vehicles ... 273.4 50.1 162.6
6. Toyota Motor Corporation
 Japan Motor Vehicles 56.3 154.9 60.0 119.7
7. DaimlerChrysler AG
 Germany Motor Vehicles 55.7 175.9 122.4 151.0
8. Total Fina SA
 France Petroleum ... 77.6 31.6 39.6
9. IBM
 US Computers 44.7 87.5 50.4 87.6
10. BP
 UK Petroleum 39.3 52.6 57.7 83.5
11. Nestle S.A.
 Switzerland Food/Beverages 33.1 36.8 45.9 46.7
12. Volkwagen Group
 Germany Motor Vehicles ... 64.3 47.8 70.6
13. Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp.
 Japan Petroleum 31.5 35.5 28.4 33.9
14. Siemens AG
 Germany Electronics ... 76.6 53.2 72.2
15. Wal-Mart Stores
 US Retailing 30.2 50.0 19.4 137.6
16. Repsol SA
 Spain Petroleum 29.6 42.1 9.1 26.3
17. Diageo Plc
 UK Beverages 28.0 40.4 16.4 19.0
18. Mannesmann AG
 Germany Telecommunications/engineering ... 57.7 11.8 21.8
19. Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux
 France Diversified/Utility ... 71.6 9.7 23.5
20. BMW AG
 Germany Motor Vehicles 27.1 39.2 26.8 36.7
21. ABB
 Switzerland Electrical Equipment 27.0 30.6 23.8 24.4
22. Sony Corporation
 Japan Electronics ... 64.2 43.1 63.1
23. Seagram Company
 Canada Beverages/media 25.6 35.0 12.3 11.8
24. Unilever
 UK/Netherlands Food/Beverages 25.3 28.0 38.4 44.0
25. Aventis
 France Pharmaceuticals/chemicals ... 39.0 4.7 19.2

Source: World Investment Report 2001

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