Summary
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Table 1: Top 10 net settlement surplus countries, 1997
As measured by estimated net settlements from the rest of the world, in US$ million, 1997
| Countries |
Outgoing traffic, 1997 (million minutes) |
Incoming traffic, 1997 (million minutes) |
Imbalance (outgoing minus incoming) |
Imbalance % of total traffic |
US settlement rate, 1997 (US cents per minute) |
Estimated net settlement, 1997, (US$m) |
| China |
1'631.8 |
2'400.0 |
-768.2 |
-19.1% |
84.5 |
650 |
| India |
420.5 |
1'256.0 |
-835.5 |
-49.8% |
71.0 |
600 |
| Mexico |
1'213.6 |
2'819.3 |
-1'605.7 |
-39.8% |
35.0 |
600 |
| Pakistan |
76.9 |
565.3 |
-488.4 |
-76.1% |
100.0 |
500 |
| Viet Nam |
55.8 |
310.0 |
-254.2 |
-69.5% |
100.0 |
260 |
| Philippines |
249.5 |
709.0 |
-459.5 |
-47.9% |
50.0 |
230 |
| Lebanon |
60.0 |
240.0 |
-180.0 |
-60.0% |
87.5 |
160 |
| Colombia |
158.2 |
439.0 |
-280.8 |
-47.0% |
50.0 |
140 |
| Jamaica |
51.6 |
269.3 |
-217.7 |
-67.8% |
62.5 |
140 |
| Brazil |
476.9 |
776.7 |
-299.8 |
-23.9% |
42.5 |
130 |
| Top 10, total/average |
4'394.7 |
9'784.6 |
-5'389.9 |
-38.0% |
62.0 |
3'410 |
| All net surplus countries, Total/average |
32'234.4 |
44'248.9 |
-12'014.5 |
-15.7% |
36.2 |
6'200 |
Notes: Figures shown in italics are estimates. All other figures are as reported by the countries concerned. For Jamaica, which does not report bilateral traffic flows, derived statistics for incoming and outgoing traffic for the United States and the United Kingdom, its two major traffic routes, are used.
Source: ITU/TeleGeography Inc. "Direction of Traffic Database", FCC. |
