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Table 10.4. Largest Trade Gaps, 2004a. Underreporting of exportspercentImporterUnited States Germany China United Kingdom JapanExp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. GapSAU 2709 23.8 LBY 2709 22.0 PHL 8542 22.4 BWA 7102 21.5 SAU 2709 23.4VEN 2709 23.7 GBR 8803 21.2 AGO 2709 22.3 SAU 2710 20.6 QAT 2709 22.4NGA 2709 23.5 DNK 9999 21.2 SAU 2709 22.3 KWT 2710 20.4 IDN 2711 22.3IRQ 2709 22.9 SAU 2709 20.7 OMN 2709 22.2 PHL 8542 20.3 KWT 2709 22.1AGO 2709 22.2 SYR 2709 20.7 IRN 2709 22.0 EGY 2709 19.7 ARE 2711 21.6328 Draining Development?b. Overreporting of exportspercentImporterUnited States Germany China United Kingdom JapanExp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. Gap Exp. Prod. GapDEU 8901 −19.9 CHN 8901 −20.3 HKG 8703 −20.8 USA 8803 −21.2 SWE 8802 −18.9FIN 8901 −19.9 BEL 0803 −19.8 HKG 4101 −19.3 DEU 8802 −21.0 SGP 2204 −18.5PRT 8802 −19.2 AUT 8901 −19.7 HKG 7108 −19.2 HKG 7108 −20.8 SGP 2208 −18.0MEX 8602 −19.1 DNK 2716 −19.1 JPN 7108 −18.6 CAN 7108 −20.7 NZL 2709 −17.9KOR 8901 −18.7 BLR 2709 −18.7 ARE 9999 −18.5 USA 8802 −20.7 BHR 7604 −17.6Source: Author computation based on data of UN Comtrade (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database), Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UnitedNations, New York, http://comtrade.un.org/db/.Note: Exp. = exporter. Prod. = 4-digit HS product code. Gap = percentage difference between reported imports by the country listed in the top row and the corresponding exportsreported by the country listed in the columns.