The amount increased by 2 million over the applications pirated in 1996. Overall, the lost revenue to the industry was $11.4 billion in 1997. In the previous two years, losses actually declined by 16%, because software prices were lower, the groups said. The U.S. suffered the highest dollar losses, followed in order by China, Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Brazil, Italy, Canada and the U.K. Those countries represented two-thirds of all losses