1. 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index

2. 2Deloitte and US Council on Competitiveness I 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness IndexCopyright © 2015 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Country 2016 2013 Rank Trend RankIndex score China1 100.0 1 USA2 99.5 3 ▲ Germany3 93.9 2 ▼ Japan4 80.4 10 ▲ South Korea5 76.7 5 United Kingdom6 75.8 15 ▲ Taiwan7 72.9 6 ▼ Mexico8 69.5 12 ▲ Canada9 68.7 7 ▼ Singapore10 68.4 9 ▼ India11 67.2 4 ▼ Switzerland12 63.6 22 ▲ Sweden13 62.1 21 ▲ Thailand14 60.4 11 ▼ Poland15 59.1 14 ▼ Turkey16 59.0 20 ▲ Malaysia17 59.0 13 ▼ Vietnam18 56.5 18 Indonesia19 55.8 17 ▼ Netherlands20 55.7 23 ▲ China hangs on – barely - to the most competitive manufacturing nation ranking for 2016, but the US is very close and expected to take over the top spot in five years 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Ranking CountryRankIndex score USA1 100.0 China2 93.5 Germany3 90.8 Japan4 78.0 India5 77.5 South Korea6 77.0 Mexico7 75.9 United Kingdom8 73.8 Taiwan9 72.1 Canada10 68.1 Singapore11 67.6 Vietnam12 65.5 Malaysia13 62.1 Thailand14 62.0 Indonesia15 61.9 Poland16 61.9 Turkey17 60.8 Sweden18 59.7 Switzerland19 59.1 Czech Republic20 57.4 Current Competitiveness IndexCompetitiveness Index in Five Years

3. 3Deloitte and US Council on Competitiveness I 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness IndexCopyright © 2015 Deloitte Development LLC. All rights reserved. Brazil continues to struggle with little optimism for significant improvement over the next five years… 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Ranking Country 2016 2013 Rank Trend RankIndex score Australia21 55.5 16 ▼ France22 55.5 25 ▲ Czech Republic23 55.3 19 ▼ Finland24 52.5 - - Spain25 50.6 33 ▲ Belgium26 48.3 27 ▲ South Africa27 48.1 24 ▼ Italy28 46.5 32 ▲ Brazil29 46.2 8 ▼ UAE30 45.4 30 Ireland31 44.7 37 ▲ Russia32 43.9 28 ▼ Romania33 42.8 29 ▼ Saudi Arabia34 39.2 34 Portugal35 37.9 35 Colombia36 35.7 31 ▼ Egypt37 29.2 36 ▼ Nigeria38 23.1 - - Argentina39 22.9 26 ▼ Greece40 10.0 38 ▼ CountryRankIndex score Netherlands21 56.5 Australia22 53.4 Brazil23 52.9 Finland24 49.7 South Africa25 49.3 France26 49.1 Spain27 48.4 Romania28 45.9 Belgium29 45.8 Italy30 45.0 Ireland31 43.7 Russia32 43.6 United Arab Emirates33 42.6 Colombia34 40.9 Portugal35 40.1 Saudi Arabia36 36.1 Egypt37 28.3 Nigeria38 25.4 Argentina39 24.6 Greece40 10.0 Current Competitiveness IndexCompetitiveness Index in Five Years