Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.3
(continued)
Ranking
by:
Corporation
Home
economy
Industry
c
TNI
b
(per
cent)
Foreign
assets
TNI
b
46
9
Anglo
American
United
Kingdom
Mining & quarrying
87.5
10
10
ArcelorMittal
Luxembourg
Metal and metal
products
87.2
27
11
Nestlé SA
Switzerland
Food, beverages
and tobacco
87.1
88
12
Air Liquide
France
Chemical/Non-
metallic mineral
products
86.9
61
13
Liberty Global
Inc
United
States
Telecommunications
86.2
58
14
Astrazeneca
Plc
United
Kingdom
Pharmaceuticals
85.4
100
15
Teva Pharma-
ceutical
Industries
Limited
Israel
Pharmaceuticals
84.4
41
16
Lafarge SA
France
Non-metallic mineral
products
84.2
57
17
Volvo AB
Sweden
Motor vehicles
82.3
25
18
Hutchison
Whampoa
Limited
Hong Kong,
China
Diversified
82.0
55
19
Cemex S.A.
Mexico
Non-metallic mineral
products
81.6
4
20
BP PLC
United
Kingdom
Petroleum expl. /ref./
distr.
81.0
Source: UNCTAD/Erasmus Universities database.
a
All data are based on the companies' annual reports unless otherwise stated.
b
TNI is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets
to total assets, foreign sales to total sales, foreign employment to total
employment.
c
Industry classification for companies follows the United States Standard
Industrial Classification Commission (SEC).
d
In some cases foreign employment was calculated as the share of foreign
employment in total employment of the previous year to total employment of
2008.
