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Web-only Exclusives
November 30, 2000

From Our Correspondent: Hirohito and the War
A conversation with biographer Herbert Bix

From Our Correspondent: A Rough Road Ahead
Bad news for the Philippines - and some others

From Our Correspondent: Making Enemies
Indonesia needs friends. So why is it picking fights?

Asiaweek Time Asia Now Asiaweek story

THE ASIAWEEK
1000

The Largest Companies In Asia
701-750


1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-250 | 251-300 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 451-500 | 501-550 | 551-600 | 601-650 | 651-700 | 701-750 | 751-800 | 801-850 | 851-900 | 901-950 | 951-1000

Notes on The 1000

Download The 1998 Asiaweek 1000

Rank Rank Company name Country Main business Sales Net Profit Assets Sales per Equity Employees Profit per Market Profit as % of Notes Rank
1998 1997 $ Millions % change $ Millions % change RANK $ Millions Rank $1 Assets $ Millions Rank Number Rank Employee Cap. $m. Sales Assets Equity 1998
701 741 QILU PETROCHEMICAL CHINA Chemicals 1,785.7 0.8 21.59038819 19.0897598 531 NA -- -- 1,266.1 315 55,000 44 393 -- 1.209068623 -- 1.705292524 12 U S d 701
702 571 MITSUI MINING JAPAN Coal, oil, cement 1,785.6 -14.1 -3.297793206 -- 824 2,194.5 542 0.81 233.4 765 1,227 840 -- 146.8 -- -- -- 3 L 702
703 560 SANKYO ALUMINIUM IND. JAPAN Building materials 1,784.2 -15.5 -127.3824283 -- 933 1,964.8 587 0.91 592.6 547 5,492 429 -- 211.4 -- -- -- 5 L a 703
704 811 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS INDIA Engineering 1,780.3 12.3 198.7717897 55.82901554 132 1,951.7 591 0.91 715.3 489 62,500 35 3,180 1,363.6 11.16490588 10.18441438 27.79039772 3 L S 704
705 666 AUTOBACS SEVEN JAPAN Car-related retailing 1,779.9 0.4 61.21993553 -26.01138747 331 1,337.5 730 1.33 996.6 393 2,662 672 22,998 1,109.8 3.439517065 4.57708184 6.142656925 3 L 705
706 657 NIPPON PAINT JAPAN Paint 1,777.4 -0.9 4.27308042 -32.50652742 735 1,928.1 593 0.92 736.4 481 4,617 486 926 467.0 0.240413679 0.221619235 0.580266451 3 L 706
707 -- NORTH LTD. AUSTRALIA Mining, paper 1,772.3 55.7 77.18357021 -23.17429045 284 3,263.2 401 0.54 1,507.5 269 6,751 372 11,433 1,419.0 4.355060422 2.36528726 5.119979703 6 L 707
708 694 KIKKOMAN JAPAN Soy sauce 1,771.5 4.0 47.19398297 -21.63052429 391 1,903.4 596 0.93 867.9 429 2,843 641 16,600 1,378.1 2.664016647 2.479428559 5.437836294 12 L 708
709 572 KINSHO-MATAICHI JAPAN Metals trading 1,771.0 -14.7 -6.727828746 -- 833 1,126.8 782 1.57 57.2 872 948 872 -- 31.5 -- -- -- 3 L 709
710 -- SHELL CO. OF THAILAND THAILAND Oil refining, distribution 1,766.8 NA 31.64456064 NA 468 496.7 918 3.56 187.1 790 1,000 867 31,645 -- 1.79104747 6.371328061 16.91232853 12 U 710
711 715 WORLD JAPAN Clothing 1,763.3 6.9 40.0281015 34.30393788 426 2,052.0 570 0.86 1,127.7 355 7,784 344 5,142 1,088.8 2.270064029 1.95071455 3.549571603 3 L 711
712 604 DAIKEN CORP. JAPAN Building materials 1,763.0 -10.4 8.96768328 -72.88177956 664 1,387.2 717 1.27 505.0 593 2,871 636 3,124 365.9 0.508670845 0.646475961 1.775748351 3 L a 712
713 701 FUJI CO. JAPAN Supermarkets 1,762.7 4.1 10.31490206 -23.38858195 641 971.7 830 1.81 365.3 687 2,168 734 4,758 494.6 0.585176467 1.061486251 2.823721067 2 L a 713
714 920 GAS AUTHORITY INDIA Fuel gas 1,762.0 28.2 280.9756561 64.68579654 89 1,990.9 580 0.89 940.1 407 NA -- -- 1,359.8 15.9459574 14.11266776 29.88796789 3 L S 714
715 706 INCHON IRON & STEEL SOUTH KOREA Steel 1,761.2 10.9 5.057343187 -64.31538347 722 2,046.1 571 0.86 563.6 562 3,003 623 1,684 98.5 0.28714965 0.247169445 0.897325184 12 L 715
716 658 TAIHEI KOGYO JAPAN Construction, eng. 1,755.1 -2.2 6.496404662 424 700 1,699.7 648 1.03 228.4 770 7,191 357 903 117.5 0.370136659 0.382219499 2.843807663 3 L 716
717 740 EMAIL AUSTRALIA Appliances, furniture 1,754.9 4.5 30.1495647 -26.68548475 477 1,136.4 780 1.54 504.8 594 10,150 281 2,970 409.7 1.718032086 2.653109733 5.972274426 3 L 717
718 644 POLA COSMETICS JAPAN Cosmetics 1,753.6 -4.6 NA -- -- 638.2 898 2.75 NA -- 934 874 -- -- -- -- -- 12 U a 718
719 670 SHINRYO CORP. JAPAN Airconditioning works 1,752.1 -0.8 35.4161501 -29.52302632 453 1,680.3 652 1.04 608.5 541 2,550 684 13,889 -- 2.021340831 2.107774416 5.820587356 9 U a 719
720 735 ZENCHIKU JAPAN Meat trading 1,749.1 8.8 -5.372344822 -- 829 784.5 872 2.23 183.9 793 902 882 -- 196.7 -- -- -- 3 L 720
721 664 SANDEN JAPAN Car airconditioners 1,746.4 -2.1 56.83940822 5.265574774 346 1,446.1 705 1.21 531.7 577 7,400 354 7,681 880.4 3.254629695 3.93056778 10.69002503 3 L 721
722 728 FUJITSU BUSINESS SYSTEMS JAPAN Electronics trading 1,737.0 7.3 9.414001157 -27.26692209 656 1,076.5 798 1.61 480.7 616 3,864 545 2,436 281.3 0.541962867 0.874465455 1.958525346 3 L 722
723 631 DEODEO CORP. JAPAN Electronics retailing 1,734.9 -7.8 -97.90891809 -- 923 1,358.1 724 1.28 518.0 587 4,030 531 -- 422.4 -- -- -- 3 L 723
724 669 EAST JAPAN KIOSK JAPAN Retailing 1,734.4 -1.9 -8.215555005 -- 840 NA -- -- NA -- 5,950 406 -- -- -- -- -- 3 U a 724
725 573 WESTERN DIGITAL (SING.) SINGAPORE Disk drives 1,732.2 -20.6 73.41056034 -38.06818182 294 720.0 882 2.41 451.9 631 4,144 523 17,715 -- 4.237947123 10.19644528 16.24441133 6 U 725
726 681 INAGEYA JAPAN Supermarkets 1,731.2 -0.1 8.810645508 -51.98198198 666 705.2 887 2.45 313.2 723 1,846 777 4,773 394.4 0.508925289 1.249311472 2.813332981 3 L 726
727 682 YAMAE HISANO JAPAN Food trading 1,724.3 0.0 10.24878089 -10.53391053 644 587.8 910 2.93 102.3 849 1,224 841 8,373 156.1 0.594365036 1.743458516 10.02263175 3 L 727
728 663 RENOWN JAPAN Clothing 1,722.7 -3.4 -38.75526903 -- 886 1,959.1 588 0.88 609.3 540 2,684 669 -- 166.7 -- -- -- 1 L 728
729 849 ITOCHU AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA General trading 1,722.3 17.4 4.841878116 19.0885798 724 257.6 938 6.69 43.9 880 83 974 58,336 -- 0.281123873 1.879467961 11.02881356 3 U * 729
730 763 NIPPON PETROCHEMICALS JAPAN Chemicals 1,719.0 11.6 9.364410282 28.60385925 657 1,533.1 687 1.12 NA -- 1,497 813 6,255 -- 0.544766539 0.610808013 -- 3 U a 730
731 727 DUSKIN JAPAN Household products 1,714.8 5.7 70.4190429 2.023709735 302 1,314.0 735 1.31 NA -- 2,072 750 33,986 -- 4.106538651 5.359333228 -- 3 U a 731
732 723 INDOFOOD SUKSES MAKMUR INDONESIA Food 1,714.7 17.4 -411.7944387 -- 956 2,711.6 463 0.63 166.5 801 42,000 59 -- 409.5 -- -- -- 12 L 732
733 822 LI & FUNG HONG KONG Trading 1,711.0 6.6 48.07692308 25 384 408.3 926 4.19 126.8 827 2,404 701 19,999 1,013.9 2.809830661 11.77394035 37.91708797 12 L 733
734 814 NEW ZEALAND DAIRY GROUP NEW ZEALAND Dairy products 1,707.8 9.8 0.005966983 -- 809 988.9 824 1.73 579.2 558 3,814 549 2 -- 0.000349404 0.000603419 0.001030215 5 U 734
735 773 BURNS, PHILP & CO. AUSTRALIA Food 1,694.5 5.1 -210.4323238 -- 946 1,665.5 657 1.02 21.7 889 5,200 446 -- 32.8 -- -- -- 6 L 735
736 700 SHOWA SANGYO JAPAN Food products 1,693.2 0.0 -14.57971733 -- 854 1,470.9 699 1.15 442.7 634 1,433 822 -- 395.9 -- -- -- 3 L 736
737 648 CHINA NATIONAL AGRI. CHINA Agricultural products 1,690.4 -16.8 0.372747232 19.30501931 801 475.0 922 3.56 NA -- 2,300 717 162 -- 0.022051378 0.078481173 -- 12 U S 737
738 676 MORINAGA & CO. JAPAN Confectionery 1,690.3 -3.7 -11.17447723 -- 846 1,523.7 689 1.11 359.0 697 2,345 708 -- 357.4 -- -- -- 3 L 738
739 649 TOBU DEPARTMENT STORES JAPAN Department stores 1,688.6 -7.2 NA -- -- NA -- -- 471.2 623 2,590 681 -- -- -- -- -- 3 U 739
740 882 VIDESH SANCHAR NIGAM INDIA Telecommunications 1,686.8 17.6 266.5480682 91.76382157 100 NA -- -- 1,151.2 346 2,837 643 93,954 1,752.2 15.80242021 -- 23.15417187 3 L S 740
741 807 MARUTI UDYOG INDIA Cars 1,684.9 6.1 179.5224851 27.79847089 143 984.9 827 1.71 584.6 554 5,642 425 31,819 -- 10.6545722 18.22833655 30.70944036 3 U S 741
742 731 TATA IRON & STEEL INDIA Steel 1,684.7 -3.7 88.6955085 -28.84411453 253 2,842.4 443 0.59 1,037.6 377 75,010 27 1,182 635.5 5.264895791 3.120440396 8.548201741 3 L 742
743 677 AMWAY JAPAN JAPAN Household-goods retail 1,680.8 -4.2 191.0653773 -17.67743314 134 911.1 845 1.84 523.7 584 789 899 242,161 1,645.5 11.36741377 20.97160483 36.48516414 8 L 743
744 711 SHIMADZU JAPAN Scientific instruments 1,679.4 1.0 25.20042979 -4.330090995 504 2,116.8 555 0.79 803.9 450 7,055 361 3,572 824.8 1.500573358 1.19050408 3.13496062 3 L 744
745 931 LG CABLE SOUTH KOREA Cable, wire 1,678.5 43.8 -7.252257461 -- 835 1,703.8 646 0.99 326.8 714 5,351 437 -- 83.0 -- -- -- 12 L 745
746 802 SINGAPORE POOLS SINGAPORE Lottery 1,676.7 7.7 45.86476293 -9.561752988 398 304.1 932 5.51 110.7 842 157 969 292,132 -- 2.735489054 15.08305648 41.44856969 3 U 746
747 825 FORMOSA PLASTICS TAIWAN Plastics 1,675.1 9.1 176.4755245 -17.30375371 144 3,284.7 400 0.51 1,552.9 259 3,450 584 51,152 4,285.2 10.53541236 5.372693915 11.36429138 12 L 747
748 662 MAEDA ROAD CONST. JAPAN Civil engineering 1,672.7 -6.4 25.48144475 -38.63455414 502 1,283.3 745 1.30 864.1 430 1,871 776 13,619 623.8 1.523371875 1.985637459 2.948884723 3 L a 748
749 733 RECRUIT COSMOS JAPAN Property 1,670.2 3.7 7.463426729 12.59351621 682 3,988.9 339 0.42 716.7 487 547 928 13,644 104.8 0.446859365 0.187103338 1.04133032 3 L 749
750 717 SEIBU OIL JAPAN Oil refining 1,669.2 1.6 14.69542937 -13.89830508 595 1,020.3 818 1.64 214.0 777 483 937 30,425 -- 0.880389788 1.440270881 6.868046972 3 U a 750


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