As shown in table 10.2, fossil fuel energy exports represent almost one-third of the GDP of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, half of the merchandise exports of the Russian Federation, and more than half of the total merchandise exports of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan. On the other hand, energy imports are equivalent to almost 10% of the GDP of India, and more than one-third of its total merchandise imports. Even the advanced diversified East-Asian economies of Japan and the Republic of Korea spend 30% of their total merchandise imports on such energy commodities. Values of energy exports taken from United Nations COMTRADE data, downloaded from WITS database (accessed December 2013).