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Rank	Rank	Company name	Country	Main business	Sales
1998	1997				$ Millions	% change
831	799	NIPPON ZEON	JAPAN	Synthetic rubber	1,491.8	0.8
832	482	MARUBENI INTL. PETROLEUM	SINGAPORE	Oil trading	1,484.9	-41.0
833	761	KANSAI PAINT	JAPAN	Paint	1,484.4	-4.1
834	683	CÉCILE	JAPAN	Mail-order sales	1,482.1	-14.0
835	765	KYOKUTO BOEKI	JAPAN	Machinery trading	1,479.3	-3.9
836	860	PACIFIC PETROLEUM & TRADING	JAPAN	Oil trading	1,477.6	9.1
837	906	NISSHO IWAI AUSTRALIA	AUSTRALIA	General trading	1,471.5	7.6
838	762	ESSO AUSTRALIA	AUSTRALIA	Oil and gas products	1,471.1	-10.0
839	696	BEIJING YANSHAN PETROCHEM.	CHINA	Chemicals	1,470.6	-22.4
840	806	CHUNICHI SHIMBUN	JAPAN	Newspaper publishing	1,469.0	0.3

Rank	Company name	Net Profit			Assets		Sales per
1998		$ Millions	% change	RANK	$ Millions	Rank	$1 Assets
831	NIPPON ZEON	44.0	16.1	409	1,804.7	621	0.83
832	MARUBENI INTL. PETROLEUM	0.1	-98.2	807	149.7	943	9.92
833	KANSAI PAINT	35.7	7.7	450	1,469.5	701	1.01
834	CÉCILE	-21.7	—	863	806.8	866	1.84
835	KYOKUTO BOEKI	3.7	-24.5	744	453.4	924	3.26
836	PACIFIC PETROLEUM & TRADING	0.9	73.0	790	NA	—	—
837	NISSHO IWAI AUSTRALIA	1.4	-45.3	785	149.8	942	9.82
838	ESSO AUSTRALIA	361.6	-23.5	72	2,584.3	475	0.57
839	BEIJING YANSHAN PETROCHEM.	26.3	-58.0	498	2,156.1	550	0.68
840	CHUNICHI SHIMBUN	37.3	-20.4	438	1,284.4	744	1.14

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Rank	Company name	Equity		Employees		Profit per	Market
1998		$ Millions	Rank	Number	Rank	Employee	Cap. $m.
831	NIPPON ZEON	503.9	595	2,725	664	16,151	663.5
832	MARUBENI INTL. PETROLEUM	23.7	887	27	978	4,565	—
833	KANSAI PAINT	701.5	497	2,886	633	12,363	649.4
834	CÉCILE	350.5	701	2,078	749	—	297.0
835	KYOKUTO BOEKI	132.7	824	563	922	6,621	58.9
836	PACIFIC PETROLEUM & TRADING	NA	—	23	980	39,170	—
837	NISSHO IWAI AUSTRALIA	14.6	894	77	975	17,665	—
838	ESSO AUSTRALIA	NA	—	1,051	862	344,086	—
839	BEIJING YANSHAN PETROCHEM.	1,054.2	374	40,953	61	641	—
840	CHUNICHI SHIMBUN	378.0	676	3,789	551	9,853	—

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Rank	Company name	Profit as % of			Notes Key
1998		Sales	Assets	Equity
831	NIPPON ZEON	3.0	2.4	8.7	3 L
832	MARUBENI INTL. PETROLEUM	0.0	0.1	0.5	3 U
833	KANSAI PAINT	2.4	2.4	5.1	3 L
834	CÉCILE	—	—	—	3 L a
835	KYOKUTO BOEKI	0.3	0.8	2.8	3 L
836	PACIFIC PETROLEUM & TRADING	0.1	—	—	12 U a
837	NISSHO IWAI AUSTRALIA	0.1	0.9	9.3	3 U
838	ESSO AUSTRALIA	24.6	14.0	—	12 U
839	BEIJING YANSHAN PETROCHEM.	1.8	1.2	2.5	12 U S
840	CHUNICHI SHIMBUN	2.5	2.9	9.9	3 U a

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