World-Wide Shipbuilding Industry

Country	Number of ships	Gross tons '000GT	Gross tons share (%)
China (People's Republic)	3,523	111,148	37.0
Korea (South)	1,675	104,252	34.7
Japan	1,286	51,966	17.3
Philippines	114	6,690	2.2
India	261	3,424	1.1
Vietnam	287	3,094	1.0
China (Republic of Taiwan)	47	2,222	0.7
Brazil	118	2,118	0.7
Germany	85	1,988	0.7
Rumania	111	1,944	0.6
Italy	83	1,965	0.7
Turkey	25	1,116	0.4
Croatia	36	832	0.3
Spain	120	656	0.2
Denmark	12	555	0.2
U.S.A.	98	526	0.2
Netherlands	84	452	0.2
France	9	438	0.1
Finland	6	335	0.1
Poland	82	327	0.1
Singapore	107	297	0.1
Norway	3	291	0.0
Sweden	2	24	0.0
Portugal	3	11	0.0
Greece	4	3	0.0
U.K.	7	1	0.0
Belgium	0	0	0.0
Europe total	447	6,520	2.2
Others	809	4,036	1.3
Ukraine
Russia
World Total	9,226	300,511	100

Gross Tonnage 1,000 and Above as of September 30, 2001 (Thousands)

Country of build	Ship rank	Number of ships	Gross tons	Gross rank
Korea (South)	1	507	31,299	1
Japan	2	455	19,153	2
China (People's Republic)	3	307	5,433	3
Poland	5	132	2,806	4
Germany	7	100	2,253	5
Italy	10	65	2,221	6
Croatia	14	50	1,554	7
United States	15	46	1,038	8
China (Republic of Taiwan)	17	32	961	9
Finland	22	13	871	10
Romania	6	103	871	11
Spain	8	92	691	12
France	19	23	668	13
Netherlands	4	196	578	14
Denmark	23	13	529	15
Ukraine	18	30	436	16
Russia	9	79	356	17
Philippines	24	11	338	18
Singapore	11	54	328	19
Turkey	12	54	273	20
Total top 20 country of build		2,362	72,667
Percent of total world orderbook		89.1	98.7
Vietnam	..	..	..	..
United Kingdom	..	..	..	..
Sweden	..	..	..	..
Total world orderbook		2,648	73,581

SOURCE: Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, World Shipbuilding Statistics (London: July 2001).

South Korea and Japan account for 69 percent of the gross tonnage of ships on order as of July 2001.

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