Sherin Suzhikova, Counselor of Kazakhstan's Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chao yon-chuan, Secretary-General of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council, signed an agreement on 13 October 2006 in Taipei to improve economic relations through "exchanges of market information and visits by trade professionals." TAITRA has an office in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[2]
North Dakotan Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple led an 18-member delegation of the North Dakota Trade Office representing seven North Dakota companies and Dickinson State University on a trip to Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia from 22 October to 4 November. Governor John Hoeven said the trip is "part of a larger effort to increase North Dakota's export volume." North Dakota's "total export value is growing at a rate of nearly 18% a year, and companies working with the trade office are seeing export sales grow at an even higher rate."[3]
North Dakota Trade Office Executive Director Susan Geib said, "Agricultural and industrial equipment is in high demand in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia." North Dakota exports mostly machinery to Kazakhstan, the eighth largest destination for North Dakotan exports. North Dakota machinery exports amounted to only $22,000 in 2000, but rose to $25 million in 2005.[3]
Economy of Kazakhstan
Currency
1 Tenge = 100 tiyin
Fiscal year
Calendar year
Trade organisations
CIS, EURASEC, ECO, SCO, WTO(Observer)
Statistics
GDP ranking
58th (2004) [2]
GDP
$118.4 billion (2004)
GDP growth
9.1% (2004)
GDP per capita
$7,800(2004)
GDP by sector
agriculture (7.4%), industry (37.8%), services (54.8%%) (2004)
Inflation
6.9% (2004)
Pop below poverty line
19% (2002)
Labour force
7.95 million (2004)
Labour force by occupation
agriculture (20%), industry (30%), services (50%) (2002)
Unemployment
8% (2003)
Main industries
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
Trading Partners
Exports
$18.47bn (2004)
Main partners
Russia 13.5%, Bermuda 13.4%, the People's Republic of China 10.4%, Germany 9.2%, Switzerland 9.1%, France 6.7%
Imports
$13.07bn (2004)
Main Partners
Russia 33.9%, the People's Republic of China 13.6%, Germany 9.6%, France 6.8% (2004)
Public finances
Public debt
13.7% of GDP (2004)
Revenues
$8.67 billion (2004)
Expenses
$8.968 billion (2004)
Economic aid
$74.2 million in US assistance programs, 1992-2000 (2004)
The Regions of GB
Region
General Information
Major cities
Major Industries
Agriculture
the South
the Midlands
located from Bristol Channel to the Wash
Industrial SouthAgricultural South
South West, East and South East
- known as Black Country because of the mass industrialization
- located in the centre of GB
London
Greater London
(London + satellite towns)
Dagenham
(Ford motor-works)
the City of London
(British business center)
Oxford & Cambridge
Luton
the Thames Valley
(the Sunrise Strip)
Bristol (port)
Plymouth
Southampton
Portsmouth
Brighton
Bournemouth
Birmingham
(“makes everything from a pin to a steam roller”)
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Stroke-upon-Trent
(“the Potteries”)
clothing, furniture making, jewellery, oil-refining, steel-making, electrical engineering, aircraft production, electronics, motor-car manufacturing;
service industries: banking, insurance, scientific research, etc.
educational centers, electronics and printing;
car production and engineering;
high-tech center;
manufacture of tobacco & chocolate; center of aircraft & automobile industry, defense industry;
naval base;
transatlantic ports;
seaside resorts (service industry)
commuters area;
manufacturing of sporting guns, consumer goods, food (chocolate);
motor industry;
heavy engineering,
tyre production;
knitwear industry, production of knitting machines;
railway engineering; aircraft engineering (the Rolls Roys factory = aircraft engines);
pottery & ceramics
South West
livestock & dairy farming
South East & East
arable farming (mainly cereals like wheat and barley)
East Anglia (region)
market gardening
the Fens (region)
fruit growing
is mainly based on dairy & livestock farming, growing vegetables, gardening
Lancashire
- to the North of the Midlands
- historic centre of British industry;
- the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
Merseyside
Liverpool
“Greater” Manchester
Blackpool
chemical, motor car industries;
shipbuilding & ship-repairing (e.g. Birkenhead industries);
general engineering;
seaside resort (service industries);
- industrial area, but some major industries are mainly in decline;
- 2 major centers:
a) North-East (estuaries of the Tyne, the Tees, the Wear)
b) North-West (Cumberland)
The South is the main industrial area;
The North-West is a mountainous region and the industrialization had little effect;
coalmining, steel-making, shipbuilding (are in decline)
electrical engineering, construction for the North Sea oil production;
chemical industry;
shipbuilding
main business center;
coalmining & steel industry (in decline)
main port, oil refining;
tourism
chiefly sheep-breeding & beef livestock farming
is represented by sheep-breeding in the Snowdonia region
Scotland
The Central Lowlands are the industrial heart of Scotland.
The HighlandsThe Southern Uplands
(mainly agriculture)
Glasgo
(the most important area of the industrial activity)
Grangemouth
Edinburgh
(“the Athens of the North”)
Aberdeen
seaport;
coalmining, shipbuilding (are in decline);
textile & clothing production;
service industry; manufacture of foodstuffs & furniture;
electronics;
sea port, oil refineries, petrochemical industry;
tourism, textile industry, brewing, paper production, printing & publishing;
oil refining; fishing industry
Southampton
Portsmouth
Brighton
Bournemouth
Birmingham
(“makes everything from a pin to a steam roller”)
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Stroke-upon-Trent
(“the Potteries”)
Immingham
Grimsby
Hull