ABSTRACT
Columns (9)–(10) show clearly the rapid rate of industrialisation in five of the countries of Southeast Asia. A comparison with the accompanying data for South and East Asia indicates that the region is ‘catching up’ industrially. With population growth and changing economic structure, all three regions are making greater use of their own primary products and have less to export than three decades ago. Thus, for example, between 1982 and 1992 Indonesian oil production grew from 69 to 74 million tonnes per year, whereas its consumption grew from 22 to 35 million tonnes.
