Table 2.2 Some examples of global concentration at the end of the
1980s and In the 1990s
Glass automobile parts 1988
Tyres 1988
Database management 1987
Medical equipment 1989
Instant coffee 1994
Grain 1994
Bananas 1994
Tobacco 1994
Image banks 1994
Cars 1994
Telecommunications 1997
and related equipment
Civilian aeronautics 1998
Microprocessors 199 7
THE CONCENTRATION OF CAPITAL/33Three corporations account for 5 3
per cent of global production
Six corporations account for 85
per cent of global production
Five corporations account for 65
per cent of global production, 10
corporations for 100 per cent
Seven corporations account for 90
per cent of global production
Two corporations account for 80
per cent of global production
Five corporations account for 77
per cent of total marketed
production
Three corporations account for 80
per cent of total marketed
production
Four corporations account for 87
per cent of total marketed
production
Three corporations control 80 per
cent of the world market
Ten corporations account for 76
per cent of global production (the
five biggest account for 50 per
cent)
Four corporations account for 70
per cent of global sales
Two corporations (Boeing and
Airbus) account for more than 95
per cent of global production
One corporation (Intel) controls
60 per cent of the marketSource: author, based on Petrella (1995) and Chesnais (1997).