The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs based on Foreign Assets 2017

The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs based on Foreign Assets in 2017 are listed in the table below:

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Ranking by Foreign assets	Corporation	Home economy	Industry	Foreign Assets (in millions of dollars)	Total Assets (in millions of dollars)
1	Royal Dutch Shell plc	United Kingdom	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	344 210	407 097
2	Toyota Motor Corporation	Japan	Motor Vehicles	302 788	472 625
3	Total SA	France	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	234 993	242 576
4	BP plc	United Kingdom	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	220 380	276 620
5	Volkswagen Group	Germany	Motor Vehicles	219 917	506 348
6	Softbank Corp	Japan	Telecommunications	214 863	292 928
7	Exxon Mobil Corporation	United States	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	203 626	348 691
8	British American Tobacco PLC	United Kingdom	Tobacco	189 214	190 643
9	General Electric Co	United States	Industrial and Commercial Machinery	186 586	377 945
10	Chevron Corporation	United States	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	183 643	253 806
11	Anheuser-Busch InBev NV	Belgium	Food & beverages	165 176	205 173
12	Vodafone Group Plc	United Kingdom	Telecommunications	160 139	179 412
13	Daimler AG	Germany	Motor Vehicles	159 163	306 554
14	Apple Computer Inc	United States	Computer Equipment	146 048	375 319
15	Honda Motor Co Ltd	Japan	Motor Vehicles	141 289	181 777
16	Siemens AG	Germany	Industrial and Commercial Machinery	133 842	160 698
17	BMW AG	Germany	Motor Vehicles	130 265	232 050
18	Enel SpA	Italy	Electricity, gas and water	127 033	186 665
19	DowDuPont Inc	United States	Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products	126 935	192 164
20	Nissan Motor Co Ltd	Japan	Motor Vehicles	126 346	176 119
21	CK Hutchison Holdings Limited	Hong Kong, China	Retail Trade	125 804	140 795
22	Johnson & Johnson	United States	Pharmaceuticals	118 747	157 303
23	Glencore PLC	Switzerland	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	116 708	135 644
24	Deutsche Telekom AG	Germany	Telecommunications	112 734	169 506
25	Eni SpA	Italy	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	111 723	137 836
26	Telefonica SA	Spain	Telecommunications	110 751	138 002
27	Iberdrola SA	Spain	Electricity, gas and water	110 592	132 752
28	Microsoft Corporation	United States	Computer and Data Processing	108 325	250 312
29	Nestlé SA	Switzerland	Food & beverages	106 790	133 627
30	Medtronic plc	Ireland	Instruments and related products	95 902	99 816
31	Hon Hai Precision Industries	Taiwan Province of China	Electronic components	95 809	114 824
32	Rio Tinto PLC	United Kingdom	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	95 673	95 762
33	Fiat Chrysler Automobiles	United Kingdom	Motor Vehicles	89 810	115 494
34	Mitsui & Co Ltd	Japan	Wholesale Trade	87 942	106 221
35	Allergan PLC	Ireland	Pharmaceuticals	86 713	118 342
36	Pfizer Inc	United States	Pharmaceuticals	85 421	171 796
37	Ford Motor Company	United States	Motor Vehicles	85 411	257 808
38	Altice NV	Netherlands	Telecommunications	83 710	86 876
39	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	Korea, Republic of	Communications equipment	83 371	282 814
40	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation	Japan	Telecommunications	82 194	203 635
41	The Coca-Cola Company	United States	Food & beverages	81 191	87 896
42	Sanofi	France	Pharmaceuticals	79 979	119 724
43	Mitsubishi Corporation	Japan	Wholesale Trade	78 718	150 661
44	Airbus Group NV	France	Aircraft	77 047	136 648
45	EDF SA	France	Electricity, gas and water	75 283	336 714
46	Engie	France	Electricity, gas and water	73 807	180 297
47	China COSCO Shipping Corp Ltd	China	Transport and storage	73 362	94 762
48	Novartis AG	Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals	70 622	133 079
49	International Business Machines Corporation	United States	Computer and Data Processing	70 413	125 356
50	ArcelorMittal	Luxembourg	Metals and metal products	68 678	71 104
51	Roche Group	Switzerland	Pharmaceuticals	66 984	78 586
52	Shire plc	Ireland	Pharmaceuticals	66 838	67 783
53	BASF SE	Germany	Chemicals and Allied Products	64 928	94 469
54	China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC)	China	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	64 686	166 715
55	Enbridge Inc	Canada	Electricity, gas and water	63 676	129 261
56	Bayer AG	Germany	Pharmaceuticals	61 349	90 054
57	GlaxoSmithKline PLC	United Kingdom	Pharmaceuticals	61 166	76 211
58	Procter & Gamble Co	United States	Chemicals and Allied Products	60 603	120 406
59	Orange SA	France	Telecommunications	59 882	113 593
60	Statoil ASA	Norway	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	59 732	111 100
61	Renault SA	France	Motor Vehicles	59 526	131 858
62	Wal-Mart Stores Inc	United States	Retail Trade	59 388	204522
63	Unilever PLC	United Kingdom	Food & beverages	58 025	64 189
64	Christian Dior SA	France	Textiles, clothing and leather	56 840	87 266
65	Robert Bosch GmbH	Germany	Motor Vehicles	56 547	98 189
66	BHP Billiton Group Ltd	Australia	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	55 191	116 985
67	National Grid PLC	United Kingdom	Electricity, gas and water	44 652	82 787
68	Mondelez International, Inc.	United States	Food & beverages	53 040	63 109
69	Broadcom Limited	Singapore	Electronic components	52 764	54 418
70	Anglo American plc	United Kingdom	Mining, quarrying and petroleum	52 709	54 582
71	Marubeni Corporation	Japan	Wholesale Trade	51 650	64 608
72	Tencent Holdings Limited	China	Computer and Data Processing	51 012	85 236
73	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	Israel	Pharmaceuticals	50 641	70 739
74	AstraZeneca PLC	United Kingdom	Pharmaceuticals	50 531	63 378
75	Intel Corporation	United States	Electronic components	49 918	123 249
76	John Swire & Sons Limited	United Kingdom	Transport and storage	49 835	49 905
77	Danone Groupe SA	France	Food & beverages	49 388	53 092
78	Fresenius SE & Co KGaA	Germany	Health care services	49 275	63 724
79	Alphabet Inc	United States	Computer and Data Processing	48 316	197 295
80	HNA Group Co Ltd	China	Transport and storage	47 520	144 000
81	Johnson Controls International PLC	Ireland	Electric equipment	47 290	51 884
82	Air Liquide SA	France	Chemicals and Allied Products	46 397	49 205
83	Lafargeholcim Ltd	Switzerland	Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products	46 359	65 344
84	United Technologies Corporation	United States	Aircraft	46 272	96 920
85	Sumitomo Corporation	Japan	Wholesale Trade	45 346	73 002
86	Schneider Electric SA	France	Electricity, gas and water	44 262	47 792
87	SAP SE	Germany	Computer and Data Processing	44 235	50 968
88	Reckitt Benckiser Plc	United Kingdom	Chemicals and Allied Products	44 127	50 031
89	Amazon.com, Inc	United States	E-Commerce	43 920	131 310
90	Volvo AB	Sweden	Motor Vehicles	43 756	50 255
91	Transcanada Corp	Canada	Electricity, gas and water	43 697	70 216
92	Nokia OYJ	Finland	Communications equipment	42 816	49 201
93	Amgen Inc	United States	Pharmaceuticals	42 309	79 954
94	Hitachi Ltd	Japan	Computer Equipment	42 154	94 947
95	Sony Corporation	Japan	Electric equipment	41 996	179 113
96	Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA	France	Stone, Clay, Glass, and Concrete Products	41 666	51 472
97	RWE AG	Germany	Electricity, gas and water	41 423	82 824
98	Imperial Brands PLC	United Kingdom	Tobacco	41 338	41 491
99	Repsol YPF SA	Spain	Petroleum Refining and Related Industries	41 159	71 788
100	Oracle Corporation	United States	Computer and Data Processing	41 091	134 991

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Source: World Investment Report 2018. UNCTAD

A few observations:

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell(RDS-A) topped the ranking followed by Toyota(TM), Total(TOT)and BP(BP).
Emerging market firms are mostly non-existent in this list with the exception of Tencent, HNA Group, Cosco and CNOOC(CEO) of China.

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