China Trumps US as Top PC, Phone Exporter

China surpassed the United States as the world’s top exporter of laptop computers, mobile phones and other information and communications technology devices in 2004, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday.

China exported $180 billion worth of so-called ICT goods in 2004, compared with U.S. exports of $149 billion, the OECD, a free-market agency funded by 30 countries, said. The United States was world leader in 2003 with $137 billion worth of exports of ICT goods, followed by China with $123 billion. OECD officials said that China was likely to take top spot in 2005 too.

Reuters