Carrefour the largest foreign firm is number four, with a market share of 9.9 per cent.

In the United States, the largest global e commerce market, sales continued to grow in 2003.

Although China is the world s second largest pharmaceutical market after the US, some of the most effective modern medicines are not listed for sale in the market.

In the large scale retailing segment, domestic companies still dominate the market the three largest retailers are national firms controlling almost 60 per cent of the market.

LONDON China s stock market has plunged yet again, this time by 8.5 the market s second largest fall in a single day, and the largest since the global financial crisis. The roller coaster ride is far from over.

By acquiring only 100,000 tons from the United States, the island would become the third largest importer of rice on the American market.

Ethiopia's agricultural market is 30 percent higher than South Africa's grain production, and, in fact, Ethiopia is the second largest maize producer in Africa.

In China, the second largest Internet market in 2004 as far as number of users is concerned, penetration is growing by 16.4 per cent.

China s e tail market is the world s second largest (after that of the United States), with an estimated 210 billion in revenue last year. Since 2003, the market has posted a compound annual growth rate of over 110 .

August 12 report on Cankaoxiaoxi website Japan's largest oil company JX Energy believes that China's export expansion is one of the reasons for the market downturn.

From 2001 to 2011, China s share of South Korean exports doubled, from 12 to 24 its share of Japanese exports grew even faster, rising from 8 to 20 . As a result, China has become South Korea s single largest export market, and Japan s second largest.

Japan remains the world s third largest economy, the fourth largest trader, and the third largest export market for neighboring China and South Korea, which thus stand to benefit if Abenomics revitalizes Japanese domestic demand. More broadly, given Europe s slide into recession and only a slow rise in world trade volume, renewed growth and stronger import demand in Japan would support global recovery.

It is here in the rapid development of export industries and the dramatic rise in export volumes that NAFTA made the difference. NAFTA guarantees Mexican producers tariff and quota free access to the US market, the largest consumer market in the world.

They've overtaken the U.S. as the world's biggest car market, they've overtaken Germany as the largest exporter, and they've started doing DNA tests on kids to choose their careers.

China is now America s third largest and most rapidly growing export market. There can be no mistaking its potential to fill some of the void left by US consumers.

Indeed, 42 of Chinese exports go to Europe, the United States, and Japan three economies that are flirting with secular stagnation. And Europe, China s largest export market, has struggled the most.

As long as China continues to pursue pro market reforms, it will remain the largest single country contributor to global GDP growth over the medium term unperturbed by stock market volatility. If reforms stall, falling stock prices are likely to be the least of China s worries.

Meanwhile, the outcome of Italy s election will most likely leave the country the eurozone s third largest economy and the world s third largest sovereign debt market without a stable government. As a result, it will be difficult to sustain a reform program that is vigorous enough to satisfy the ECB and the eurozone core.

Largest Area

As the main driver of Chinese growth shifts from external to domestic demand, who could benefit more than Japanese exporters? China is already Japan s largest export market, leaving it ideally situated to capture additional market share in the coming surge of Chinese demand for consumer products and services.

More than 40 of US exports now go to Mexico and Central and South America, the US s fastest growing export destination. Mexico is America s second largest foreign market (valued at 215 billion in 2012).

They're the largest of the tunas, the second largest fish in the sea bony fish.

Retailing is the largest private industry in India and the second largest employer after agriculture.

It turns out, atrazine is the largest selling product for the largest chemical company in the world.

According to the 42nd China Statistical Report on Internet Development released by the China Internet Network Information Center, as the largest Internet market in the world, China is promoting social development and progress with the digitization process.

Today, after the largest credit expansion in history, that point has clearly been reached. Impassive capital now ignores deceptive market signals, and the liquidation of untenable mal investment percolates through the system as immutable time preferences prevail.

In June 2005 the Competition Council of the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH Gazdasági Versenyhivatal) found evidence that Finland's Kemira Graw Haow, Europe's second largest fertilizer producer, and Belgium's Tessanderlo had been colluding in the Hungarian fertilizer market.

The largest bedroom faces south.

Sydney is Australia's largest city.

In the United States, the highly successful cap and trade system for sulfur dioxide emissions has effectively vanished. In Europe, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world s largest market for carbon allowances, has become increasingly irrelevant as well.

Since then, China s stock market has been a global laggard that is, until the past year, when it became the best performing in the world, rising by more than 150 . And yet the roller coaster pattern continues the 8.5 plunge came when the market re opened on a Monday that followed the largest two day rise since 2008.

Market access should be high on the agenda especially for a sluggish US economy that needs new sources of growth, like exports. With China now America s third largest and by far its most rapidly growing export market, the US should push hard to expand business opportunities in China, especially as the Chinese economy tilts increasingly toward internal demand.

Many forecasts suggest that by 2030, the four largest emerging market economies will have overtaken the G 7 in combined size, and that by 2050, today s emerging market economies will represent more than half the global economy and an even larger share of the world s population. These forecasts all assume that economic growth will be generated in cities.

Economist Eleni Gabre Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket.

It's the largest company in Tanzania.

India is the world's largest democracy.

Yesterday, PFC Energy published its 2011 list of the Top 50 largest listed energy companies. US oil and gas producer ExxonMobil retained its top position with a market valuation of US 406.3 billion, closely followed by PetroChina and Royal Dutch Shell.

In Japan, for instance, which I think is the third largest market, they have a design law it protects apparel, but the novelty standard is so high, you have to prove that your garment has never existed before, it's totally unique.

That's probably the largest group of all.

They're the largest private employer in America.

They're the largest private user of electricity.

The 20 largest cities in the world.

Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

Sydney is the largest city in Australia.