Africa recorded purchases of $986 million worth of U.S. construction equipment, a drop of 29 percent, while exports to Australia/Oceania decreased 46 percent to $962 million for 2009.

The top buyers of U.S.-made construction machinery for 2009 were: (1) Canada – $3.7 billion, down 41 percent; (2) Mexico – $1 billion, down 28 percent; (3) Australia – $922 million, down 47 percent; (4) Chile – $763 million, down 16 percent; (5) Brazil – $513 million, down 29 percent; (6) China – $487 million, up 15 percent; (7) Colombia – $392 million, down 17 percent; (8) Belgium – 360 million, down 48 percent; (9) South Africa – $353 million, down 49 percent; (10) Peru – $319 million, down 20 percent; (11) Saudi Arabia – $238 million, down 44 percent; (12) Singapore – $214 million, down 48 percent; (13) Russia – $209 million, down 58 percent; (14) India – $181 million, up 55 percent; (15) Venezuela – $165 million, down 57 percent.