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DATA MINE February 3, 2000 Computing and Cars Take the Cake Hold on to your hats. Business-to-business electronic commerce is booming, and the growth isn't going to slow down anytime soon. Total intercompany trade is projected to soar to $1.33 trillion in 2003 from $109.3 billion this year, according to Forrester Research. That's an annual growth rate of 99%. So which industries are going to be most impacted by the B-to-B boom? Check out the results below.   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Computing and electronics $50.4 121.4 229.1 319.1 395.3 Motor vehicles 9.3 22.7 53.2 114.3 212.9 Petrochemicals 10.3 22.6 48.0 96.8 178.3 Utilities 15.4 32.2 62.9 110.6 169.5 Paper and office products 2.9 6.4 14.3 31.1 65.2 DATA: Forrester Research _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine