$12.34 trillion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 3 $9.653 trillion (31 December 2007)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 4 $4.453 trillion (31 December 2007)

$4.726 trillion (31 December 2006)

Agriculture - products:

rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; pork, poultry, dairy products, eggs; fish

Industries:

among world's largest and technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods

Industrial production growth rate:

-2% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 153