Typically, as particular problems were addressed in a specific agreement, others subsequently arose in the given sector. Despite the removal of many procedural obstacles, with the exception of the communications satellite area, we have not seen significantly increased access to the Japanese Government market for foreign goods and services which the agreements had anticipated. We do not yet have data to ascertain whether this disparity has been reduced. Although American supercomputers have 84 percent of the installed base in the government supercomputer market in Europe, they represent barely ten percent in Japan. The U.S. share of NTT's total procurement has never exceeded seven percent.
Government agencies buy little from foreigners.
Overall, the average foreign share of the private and public telecommunications market in the industrialized world other than Japan is 25 percent. Yet the foreign share of the same market in Japan is only five percent. Our expectations for the achievement of tangible results under the government procurement basket of the Framework are captured in the Framework agreement. This has been borne out time and again by the substantial market share they enjoy in trade with other developed countries. The government procurement basket is thus an important test of Japan's intention to implement the Framework.