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Domestic Material Consumption of the ten highest consumers of materials in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008, for the period 1970-2008.
40,000 I China 35,000 IIndia 30,000 Japan I Indonesia I Australia 25,000 20,000 I Rep of Korea 15,000 Pakistan I Viet Nam | Thailand 10,000 5,000 I Malaysia Other 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 Figure 8 Domestic Material Consumption of the ten highest consumers of materials in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008, for the period 1970-2008. million tonnes
Domestic Material Consumption of the ten highest consumers of materials in the Asia-Pacific region in 2008, for the period 1970-2008.
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Figure 8 indicates that by 2008, material flows in the Asia-Pacific region were heavily dominated
by two HDD countries, with China accounting for over 60% of the regional total DMC , and India
contrib...
uting over 14%, while no other individual economy accounts for more than 4% of the total.
This was not the case in the earlier decades, with Japan accounting for over 20% in the early 1970s,
and Australia, Republic of Korea, and Indonesia all accounting for more than 4% at different times.
While the relative share of the seven HDD countries in the group (China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan,
Viet Nam, Thailand, and Malaysia) grew from 61% of regional total DMC in 1970 to 85% by 2008,
this growth is more than accounted for by the growth in China’s individual share. From shares of
27.8% and 21.4% for China and India respectively in 1970, China’s share has grown steadily while
India’s has contracted. Of the other HDDs, only Malaysia and Viet Nam’s relative shares grew over
the period.
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