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"left" valign="top"Currency
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"2" valign="top"1 Pound Sterling (£) = 100 pence (p)
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"left" valign="top"Fiscal year
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"2" valign="top" April 1 – March 31
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"left" valign="top"Trade Organizations
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"2" valign="top" EU , WTO and OECD
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"center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"Statistics
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"left" valign="top" GDP Ranking (2005)
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"2" valign="top" 5th by nominal volume 13th by nominal volume per capita 6th by volume adjusted for PPP 18th per capita adjusted for PPP
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"left" valign="top"GDP PPP(2004)
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"2" valign="top"$1736 trillion
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"left" valign="top"GDP growth rate (2005)
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"2" valign="top"18%
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"left" valign="top"GDP per Capita (2005 est)
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"2" valign="top"$30,309
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"left" valign="top"GDP by sector (2003)
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"2" valign="top"agriculture (09%), industry (265%), services (726%)
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"left" valign="top" Inflation rate (2005)
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"2" valign="top"19%
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"left" valign="top"Pop below Poverty Line (2002)
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"2" valign="top"17%
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"left" valign="top"Labour force (2003)
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"2" valign="top"296m
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"left" valign="top"Labour force by occupation (2002)
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"2" valign="top"services (74%), industry (25%), agriculture (1%)
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"left" valign="top" Unemployment rate (2005)
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"2" valign="top"47%
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"left" valign="top"Main Industries
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"2" valign="top"machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, Shipbuilding , Aerospace , Motor Vehicles and parts, Electronics and Communication s equipment, Metals , Chemicals , Coal , Petroleum , Paper and paper products, Food Processing , Textiles , Clothing , and other Consumer Goods
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"center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"Trading Partners
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"left" valign="top" Exports (2005)
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"2" valign="top"$31203bn
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"left" valign="top"Main Partners (2004)
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"2" valign="top" USA 15%, Germany 114%, France 97%, Ireland 74%, Netherlands 63%, Belgium 55%, Spain 48%, Italy 44%
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"left" valign="top" Imports (2005)
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"2" valign="top"$35968bn
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"left" valign="top"Main Partners (2004)
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"2" valign="top" Germany 141%, USA 87%, France 8%, Netherlands 72%, Belgium 55%, Italy 49%, China 41%, Ireland 4%
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"center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"Public Finances
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"left" valign="top"Public Debt
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"2" valign="top" 355% of GDP
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"left" valign="top"External Debt (1998)
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"2" valign="top"N/A
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"left" valign="top"Revenues (2003)
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"2" valign="top"$6889bn
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"left" valign="top"Expenses (2003)
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"2" valign="top"$7461bn
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"left" valign="top"Economic Aid Donor (2004)
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"2" valign="top"$42bn
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