World's Largest Exporter?

[RockMonkey]

Without looking it up, what country do you think is the world's largest exporter?

 

[mbryson]

Us

 

[Caleb]

Us

I would guess the same.

 

[spencurai]

China

 

[I Lean]

China.
To us.

 

[RockMonkey]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who didn't know this.

 

[Brett]

Saudi Arabia

 

[I Lean]

Google doesn't know either....I see conflicting reports. (none of which are China, so I'm automatically wrong)

 

[Brett]

Or was it already guessed? I just did something random......

 

[Brett]

Google doesn't know either....I see conflicting reports. (none of which are China, so I'm automatically wrong)

Same. One even show's that Germany was the biggest in '04

 

[RockMonkey]

Nope, it has not even been mentioned yet. I'll show my source once we get past the mystery.

 

[Spork]

India?

 

[benjy]

Germany, without looking

 

[RockMonkey]

Wait, what was that Brett?

 

[Jeremy]

japan or korea... maybe mexico.

 

[Brett]

Must be all those BMW's

 

[benjy]

Wait, what was that Brett?

Good question to ask as I study my Macroeconomics class

 

[RockMonkey]

Okay, so first of all, this web site fully rocks. I spent probably two hours looking at useless geopolitical facts while RME was down.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Here is the answer to the question:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2078rank.html

I was shocked by that. There's more stuff out there that says "made in Germany" than "Made in China"?

 

[benjy]

Totally off topic, but I have also enjoyed checking out our Nation's 2009 budget

 

[Tacoma]

I was shocked by that. There's more stuff out there that says "made in Germany" than "Made in China"?

Hmmmm

If they're going by dollar value, as it appears they are, that might make sense. Lot of high-dollar tech coming out of Germany..... compared to a lot MORE, but cheaper, stuff coming out of China......

Interesting.