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Table 6. U.S. Exports by Country of Destination, 1993-1998
Country Cell and Module Shipments
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports Peak Kilowatts Percent of Total Exports
Africa
South Africa 399 2.7 791 4.5 1,294 6.5 541 2.4 939 2.8 2,608 7.3
Asia and the Middle East
Japan 1,440 9.7 2,857 16.1 3,616 18.2 2,889 12.9 8,056 23.8 9,586 27.0
Hong Kong 1,567 10.6 1,175 6.6 1,125 5.7 701 3.1 1,423 4.2 1,323 3.7
India 94 0.6 806 4.6 2,398 12.1 755 3.4 285 0.8 435 1.2
Singapore 639 4.3 1,072 6.1 1,352 6.8 1,168 5.2 1,106 3.3 611 1.7
Australia 92 0.6 7 -- 16 0.1 387 1.7 61 0.2 119 0.3
Europe
Germany 4,972 33.6 4,641 26.2 3,755 18.9 8,150 36.3 11,162 33.0 9,727 27.4
Spain -- -- 80 0.5 664 3.3 481 2.1 651 1.9 1,442 4.1
Switzerland 4 0.0 138 0.8 799 4.0 177 0.8 31 0.1 1,220 3.4
North America
Canada 819 5.5 1,043 5.9 503 2.5 793 3.5 775 2.3 633 1.8
Mexico 761 5.1 2,058 11.6 493 2.5 780 3.5 1,319 3.9 1,405 4.0
South America
Brazil 401 2.7 61 0.3 260 1.3 269 1.2 1,259 3.7 1,012 2.9
Total U.S. Exports 14,814 75.5 17,714 83.1 19,871 81.9 22,448 76.1 33,793 80.1 35,493 84.9
   Notes: Total U.S. exports do not equal 100 percent because only those countries with the largest import markets are shown. U.S. totals include exports to other countries with non-sustainable export shipments.
   Sources: Energy Information Administration, Renewable Energy Annual 1999, DOE/EIA-0603(99) (Washington, DC, March 2000), for years 1994 through 1998, and Solar Collector Manufacturing Activity 1993, DOE/EIA-0174(93) (Washington, DC, August 1994), for 1993.


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