1997

1998

1999

# of projects

value

# of projects

value

# of projects

value

U.S.A.

61

2,209

62

478

53

1,220

Japan

219

3,667

158

1,388

188

712

Canada

4

8

9

67

3

684

Netherlands

12

106

22

2,258

18

592

Taiwan

56

298

69

257

86

208

Singapore

43

1,476

49

273

52

184

U.K.

24

712

33

805

17

103

Malaysia

33

118

21

106

27

90

Switzerland

10

22

11

40

10

83

France

9

42

12

5

11

74

Hong Kong

9

35

16

130

25

50

Germany

19

236

22

221

12

49

India

5

5

10

260

6

36

Australia

16

118

13

71

10

31

Indonesia

3

14

2

12

5

30

Korea

20

99

13

47

19

26

Belgium

3

43

8

24

7

23

China

1

1

2

2

7

15

Italy

7

23

4

20

3

3

Philippines

0

0

0

0

1

2

Total

554

9,232

536

6,463

560

4,215