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... seeks to defuse licensing and sovereignty conflicts that would dampen foreign interest in exploiting potential oil reserves. Tourism, especially eco-tourism, is increasing rapidly, with about 30,000 visitors in 2001. Another large ...
www.exxun.com/FalklandIslands_IslasMalvinas/e_ec.html
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a small population and oil and mineral reserves have helped Gabon become one of Africa's wealthier countries; in general, these circumstances have allowed the country to maintain and conserve its pristine ...
www.exxun.com/Gabon/b_mp.html
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... resources, yet remains an underdeveloped nation. The country has almost half of the world's bauxite reserves and is the second-largest bauxite producer. The mining sector accounts for over 70% of ...
www.exxun.com/Guinea/e_ec.html
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coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
www.exxun.com/India/b_mp.html
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... Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan also exploit the Indian Ocean, mainly for shrimp and tuna. Large reserves of hydrocarbons are being tapped in the offshore areas of Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, and ...
www.exxun.com/IndianOcean/e_ec.html
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... under President YUDHOYONO. Indonesia's debt-to-GDP ratio has been declining steadily, its foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high of over $50 billion, and its stock market has ...
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/e_ec.html
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... oil prices in recent years have enabled Iran to amass nearly $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. Yet this increased revenue has not eased economic hardships, which include double-digit unemployment and ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/e_ec.html
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coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish, arable land
www.exxun.com/Italy/b_mp.html
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... Kazakhstan, the largest of the former Soviet republics in territory, excluding Russia, possesses enormous fossil fuel reserves and plentiful supplies of other minerals and metals. It also has a large agricultural sector ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/e_ec.html
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... less urgent and the government has not earnestly pushed through new initiatives. Despite its vast oil reserves, Kuwait experienced power outages during the summer months in 2006 and 2007 because demand exceeded ...
www.exxun.com/Kuwait/e_ec.html
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... hold down the price of imports, inflationary pressures began to build in 2007. Healthy foreign exchange reserves and a small external debt greatly reduce the risk that Malaysia will experience a financial ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/e_ec.html
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... focus is on containing spending on the extensive welfare system and planning for the time when petroleum reserves are depleted. In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the EU
www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
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... oil prices in recent years have helped build Oman's budget and trade surpluses and foreign reserves. Oman joined the World Trade Organization in November 2000 and continues to liberalize its markets ...
www.exxun.com/Oman/e_ec.html
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... the world's fish catch came from the Pacific Ocean. Exploitation of offshore oil and gas reserves is playing an ever-increasing role in the energy supplies of the US, Australia, NZ ...
www.exxun.com/PacificOcean/e_ec.html
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land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/b_mp.html
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The Paracel Islands are surrounded by productive fishing grounds and by potential oil and gas reserves. In 1932, French Indochina annexed the islands and set up a weather station on Pattle Island ...
www.exxun.com/ParacelIslands/a_fg.html
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... gas exports in recent years have helped build Qatar's budget and trade surpluses and foreign reserves. Proved oil reserves of more than 15 billion barrels should ensure continued output at current ...
www.exxun.com/Qatar/e_ec.html
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petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower
www.exxun.com/Romania/b_mp.html
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... reserves from $12 billion in 1999 to some $470 billion at yearend 2007, the third largest reserves in the world. During President PUTIN's first administration, a number of important reforms were ...
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
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... to the flexibility of the labor market as a basic strength for future economic advances. Foreign reserves are in a relatively healthy state, the external debt is stable, and inflation is low
www.exxun.com/Samoa/e_ec.html
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... of oil and natural gas and holds more than 20% of the world's proven oil reserves. The government continues to pursue economic reform and diversification, particularly since Saudi Arabia's accession ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/a_fg.html
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... controls over major economic activities. It possesses more than 20% of the world's proven petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC. The ...
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/e_ec.html
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uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves
www.exxun.com/Somalia/b_mp.html
