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Per Capita Income
Luxemburg has the highest per capita income ($55,100 in 2003), and East Timor has the lowest ($500 in 2001).
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Refugees better off than Canadian Seniors
A single refugee receives from the Canadian Government a monthly allowance of $1,890.00, plus $580.00 in social assistance, a total of $2,470.00.
But a Canadian single pensioner receives only a monthly maximum of $1,012.00 in old age Security Income and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
The Canadian Government is treating refugees more favourably than the country's senior citizens.
Is this fair?
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Americans at age 65 or older.
Today, about 13% of Americans, or 35 million people, are aged 65 and older. But between 2010 and 2030, this segment of the population is expected to swell to over 69 million, and one in five of us will be considered “elderly.” By 2050, the elderly population is projected to reach 79 million. (U.S. Census Bureau)
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Deaths from HIV/AIDS
South Africa has the most people who died of AIDS (370,000 in 2003), compared to Svalbard (0 in 2001).
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Teen Pregnancy
USA has the highest rate of teen pregnancy among the industrialized countries.
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$17 billion spent on pet food a year in Europe and USA
According to the UN, Americans and Europeans together spend $17 billion a year on pet food, $4 billion more than the estimated yearly additional amount needed to provide everyone in the world with basic health and nutrition.
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Exports - Commodities
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This entry provides a listing of the highest-valued exported products; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value. |
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Country
|
Exports - Commodities
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| Afghanistan
|
opium, fruits and nuts, handwoven carpets, wool,
cotton, hides and pelts, precious and semi-precious gems |
| Albania
|
textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic
ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco |
| Algeria
|
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%
|
| American
Samoa |
canned tuna 93% |
| Andorra
|
tobacco products, furniture |
| Angola
|
crude oil, diamonds, refined petroleum products,
gas, coffee, sisal, fish and fish products, timber, cotton |
| Anguilla
|
lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks,
rum |
| Antigua
and Barbuda |
petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery
and transport equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%
|
| Argentina
|
edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor
vehicles |
| Armenia
|
diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| Aruba
|
live animals and animal products, art and
collectibles, machinery and electrical equipment, transport
equipment |
| Australia
|
coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat,
machinery and transport equipment |
| Austria
|
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts,
paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel;
textiles, foodstuffs |
| Azerbaijan
|
oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs
|
| Bahamas,
The |
fish and crawfish; rum, salt, chemicals; fruit and
vegetables |
| Bahrain
|
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum,
textiles |
| Bangladesh
|
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish
and seafood (2001) |
| Barbados
|
sugar and molasses, rum, other foods and beverages,
chemicals, electrical components |
| Belarus
|
machinery and equipment, mineral products,
chemicals, metals; textiles, foodstuffs |
| Belgium
|
machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds,
metals and metal products, foodstuffs |
| Belize
|
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products,
molasses, wood |
| Benin
|
cotton, crude oil, palm products, cocoa |
| Bermuda
|
reexports of pharmaceuticals |
| Bhutan
|
electricity (to India), cardamom, gypsum, timber,
handicrafts, cement, fruit, precious stones, spices |
| Bolivia
|
soybeans, natural gas, zinc, gold, wood (2000)
|
| Bosnia
and Herzegovina |
metals, clothing, wood products |
| Botswana
|
diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
|
| Brazil
|
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear,
coffee, autos |
| British
Virgin Islands |
rum, fresh fish, fruits, animals; gravel, sand
|
| Brunei
|
crude oil, natural gas, refined products |
| Bulgaria
|
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and
equipment, fuels |
| Burkina
Faso |
cotton, livestock, gold |
| Burma
|
Clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish,
rice |
| Burundi
|
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides |
| Cambodia
|
Clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco,
footwear |
| Cameroon
|
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa
beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton |
| Canada
|
motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery,
aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics,
fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas,
electricity, aluminum |
| Cape
Verde |
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides |
| Cayman
Islands |
turtle products, manufactured consumer goods |
| Central
African Republic |
diamonds, timber, cotton, coffee, tobacco |
| Chad
|
cotton, cattle, gum arabic |
| Chile
|
copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals,
wine |
| China
|
machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing,
footwear, toys and sporting goods, mineral fuels |
| Christmas
Island |
phosphate |
| Cocos
(Keeling) Islands |
copra |
| Colombia
|
petroleum, coffee, coal, apparel, bananas, cut
flowers |
| Comoros
|
vanilla, ylang-ylang, cloves, perfume oil, copra
|
| Congo,
Democratic Republic of the |
diamonds, copper, crude oil, coffee, cobalt |
| Congo,
Republic of the |
petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee,
diamonds |
| Cook
Islands |
copra, papayas, fresh and canned citrus fruit,
coffee; fish; pearls and pearl shells; clothing |
| Costa
Rica |
coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles,
electronic components, medical equipment |
| Cote
d'Ivoire |
cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas,
pineapples, palm oil, fish |
| Croatia
|
transport equipment, textiles, chemicals,
foodstuffs, fuels |
| Cuba
|
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products,
citrus, coffee |
| Cyprus
|
Greek Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes,
pharmaceuticals, cement, clothing and cigarettes; Turkish Cypriot
area: citrus, potatoes, textiles |
| Czech
Republic |
machinery and transport equipment 44%, intermediate
manufactures 25%, chemicals 7%, raw materials and fuel 7% (2000)
|
| Denmark
|
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products,
dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships, windmills |
| Djibouti
|
reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
|
| Dominica
|
bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit,
oranges |
| Dominican
Republic |
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa,
tobacco, meats, consumer goods |
| East
Timor |
coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - the potential
for oil and vanilla exports |
| Ecuador
|
petroleum, bananas, cut flowers, shrimp |
| Egypt
|
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles,
metal products, chemicals |
| El
Salvador |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp,
textiles, chemicals, electricity |
| Equatorial
Guinea |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa |
| Eritrea
|
livestock, sorghum, textiles, food, small
manufactures (2000) |
| Estonia
|
machinery and equipment 33%, wood and paper 15%,
textiles 14%, food products 8%, furniture 7%, metals, chemical
products (2001) |
| Ethiopia
|
coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals,
oilseeds |
| Falkland
Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
wool, hides, meat |
| Faroe
Islands |
fish and fish products 94%, stamps, ships (1999)
|
| Fiji
|
sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses,
coconut oil |
| Finland
|
machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals; timber,
paper, pulp (1999) |
| France
|
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft,
plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel,
beverages |
| French
Guiana |
shrimp, timber, gold, rum, rosewood essence,
clothing |
| French
Polynesia |
cultured pearls, coconut products, mother-of-pearl,
vanilla, shark meat |
| Gabon
|
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
|
| Gambia,
The |
peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels,
re-exports |
| Gaza
Strip |
citrus, flowers |
| Georgia
|
scrap metal, machinery, chemicals; fuel reexports;
citrus fruits, tea, wine |
| Germany
|
machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and
manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles |
| Ghana
|
gold, cocoa, timber, tuna, bauxite, aluminum,
manganese ore, diamonds |
| Gibraltar
|
(principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured
goods 41%, other 8% |
| Greece
|
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum
products, chemicals, textiles |
| Greenland
|
fish and fish products 94% (prawns 63%) |
| Grenada
|
bananas, cocoa, nutmeg, fruit and vegetables,
clothing, mace |
| Guadeloupe
|
bananas, sugar, rum |
| Guam
|
mostly transshipments of refined petroleum
products; construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
|
| Guatemala
|
coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables,
cardamom, meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity |
| Guernsey
|
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers,
eggplant, other vegetables |
| Guinea
|
bauxite, alumina, gold, diamonds, coffee, fish,
agricultural products |
| Guinea-Bissau
|
cashew nuts, shrimp, peanuts, palm kernels, sawn
lumber |
| Guyana
|
sugar, gold, bauxite/alumina, rice, shrimp,
molasses, rum, timber |
| Haiti
|
manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa |
| Honduras
|
coffee, bananas, shrimp, lobster, meat; zinc,
lumber (2000) |
| Hong
Kong |
electrical machinery and appliances, textiles,
apparel, footwear, watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious
stones |
| Hungary
|
machinery and equipment 57.6%, other manufactures
31.0%, food products 7.5%, raw materials 1.9%, fuels and electricity
1.9% (2001) |
| Iceland
|
fish and fish products 70%, animal products,
aluminum, diatomite, ferrosilicon |
| India
|
textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures |
| Indonesia
|
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood,
textiles, rubber |
| Iran
|
petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products,
fruits and nuts, carpets |
| Iraq
|
crude oil |
| Ireland
|
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products (1999) |
| Israel
|
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds,
agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel |
| Italy
|
engineering products, textiles and clothing,
production machinery, motor vehicles, transport equipment,
chemicals; food, beverages and tobacco; minerals and nonferrous
metals |
| Jamaica
|
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee,
yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels |
| Japan
|
motor vehicles, semiconductors, office machinery,
chemicals |
| Jersey
|
light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs,
textiles |
| Jordan
|
clothing, phosphates, fertilizers, potash,
vegetables, manufactures, pharmaceuticals |
| Kazakhstan
|
oil and oil products 58%, ferrous metals 24%,
chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001) |
| Kenya
|
tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum
products, fish, cement |
| Kiribati
|
copra 62%, coconuts, seaweed, fish |
| Korea,
North |
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures
(including armaments); textiles and fishery products |
| Korea,
South |
Semiconductors, wireless telecommunications
equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
|
| Kuwait
|
oil and refined products, fertilizers |
| Kyrgyzstan
|
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury,
uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes |
| Laos
|
garments, wood products, coffee, electricity, tin
|
| Latvia
|
wood and wood products, machinery and equipment,
metals, textiles, foodstuffs |
| Lebanon
|
authentic jewelry, inorganic chemicals,
miscellaneous consumer goods, fruit, tobacco, construction minerals,
electric power machinery and switchgear, textile fibers, paper
|
| Lesotho
|
manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road
vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals (2000) |
| Liberia
|
rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
|
| Libya
|
crude oil, refined petroleum products (1999) |
| Liechtenstein
|
small specialty machinery, connectors for audio and
video, parts for motor vehicles, dental products, hardware, prepared
foodstuffs, electronic equipment, optical products |
| Lithuania
|
mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%,
machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products
5%, foodstuffs 5% (2001) |
| Luxembourg
|
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals,
rubber products, glass |
| Macau
|
clothing, textiles, footwear, cement, machines, and
parts |
| Macedonia,
The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
food, beverages, tobacco; miscellaneous
manufactures, iron and steel |
| Madagascar
|
coffee, vanilla, shellfish, sugar; cotton cloth,
chromite, petroleum products |
| Malawi
|
tobacco 60%, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts,
wood products, apparel |
| Malaysia
|
electronic equipment, petroleum and liquefied
natural gas, wood and wood products, palm oil, rubber, textiles,
chemicals |
| Maldives
|
fish, clothing |
| Mali
|
cotton, gold, livestock |
| Malta
|
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
|
| Man,
Isle of |
tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
|
| Marshall
Islands |
copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts, fish |
| Martinique
|
refined petroleum products, bananas, rum,
pineapples (2001 est.) |
| Mauritania
|
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold |
| Mauritius
|
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses
|
| Mayotte
|
ylang-ylang (perfume essence), vanilla, copra,
coconuts, coffee, cinnamon |
| Mexico
|
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver,
fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton |
| Micronesia,
Federated States of |
fish, garments, bananas, black pepper |
| Moldova
|
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery |
| Mongolia
|
copper, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool,
hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals |
| Montserrat
|
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel, hot
peppers, live plants, cattle |
| Morocco
|
clothing, fish, inorganic chemicals, transistors,
crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum
products, fruits, vegetables |
| Mozambique
|
aluminum, prawns, cashews, cotton, sugar, citrus,
timber; bulk electricity |
| Namibia
|
diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium;
cattle, processed fish, karakul skins |
| Nauru
|
phosphates |
| Nepal
|
carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
|
| Netherlands
|
machinery and equipment, chemicals, fuels;
foodstuffs |
| Netherlands
Antilles |
petroleum products |
| New
Caledonia |
ferronickels, nickel ore, fish |
| New
Zealand |
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish,
machinery |
| Nicaragua
|
coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco,
bananas, beef, sugar, gold |
| Niger
|
uranium ore, livestock, cowpeas, onions |
| Nigeria
|
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
|
| Niue
|
canned coconut cream, copra, honey, vanilla,
passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs,
stamps, handicrafts |
| Norfolk
Island |
postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine
and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados |
| Northern
Mariana Islands |
garments |
| Norway
|
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and
equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish |
| Oman
|
petroleum, reexports, fish, metals, textiles |
| Pakistan
|
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, and
yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures,
carpets and rugs |
| Palau
|
shellfish, tuna, copra, garments |
| Panama
|
bananas, shrimp, sugar, coffee, clothing (1999)
|
| Papua
New Guinea |
oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee,
cocoa, crayfish, prawns |
| Paraguay
|
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils,
electricity, wood, leather |
| Peru
|
fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude
petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton |
| Philippines
|
electronic equipment, machinery and transport
equipment, garments, coconut products, chemicals |
| Pitcairn
Islands |
fruits, vegetables, curios, stamps |
| Poland
|
machinery and transport equipment 30.2%,
intermediate manufactured goods 25.5%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 20.9%, food and live animals 8.5% (1999) |
| Portugal
|
clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork
and paper products, hides |
| Puerto
Rico |
chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum,
beverage concentrates, medical equipment |
| Qatar
|
petroleum products, fertilizers, steel |
| Reunion
|
sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences
2%, lobster 3%, (1993) |
| Romania
|
textiles and footwear, metals and metal products,
machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural
products |
| Russia
|
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood
and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian
and military manufactures |
| Rwanda
|
coffee, tea, hides, tin ore |
| Saint
Helena |
fish (frozen, canned, and salt-dried skipjack,
tuna), coffee, handicrafts |
| Saint
Kitts and Nevis |
machinery, food, electronics, beverages, tobacco
|
| Saint
Lucia |
bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits,
coconut oil |
| Saint
Pierre and Miquelon |
fish and fish products, soybeans, animal feed,
mollusks and crustaceans, fox and mink pelts |
| Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines |
bananas 39%, eddoes and dasheen (taro), arrowroot
starch, tennis racquets |
| Samoa
|
fish, coconut oil and cream, copra, taro,
automotive parts, garments, beer |
| San
Marino |
building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine,
baked goods, hides, ceramics |
| Sao
Tome and Principe |
cocoa 80%, copra, coffee, palm oil |
| Saudi
Arabia |
petroleum and petroleum products 90% |
| Senegal
|
fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products,
phosphates, cotton |
| Serbia
and Montenegro |
manufactured goods, food and live animals, raw
materials |
| Seychelles
|
canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra,
petroleum products (reexports) |
| Sierra
Leone |
diamonds, rutile, cocoa, coffee, fish (1999) |
| Singapore
|
machinery and equipment (including electronics),
consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels |
| Slovakia
|
machinery and transport equipment 39.4%,
intermediate manufactured goods 27.5%, miscellaneous manufactured
goods 13%, chemicals 8% (1999) |
| Slovenia
|
manufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, chemicals, food |
| Solomon
Islands |
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa |
| Somalia
|
livestock, bananas, hides, fish, charcoal, scrap
metal |
| South
Africa |
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and
minerals, machinery and equipment (1998 est.) |
| Spain
|
machinery, motor vehicles; foodstuffs, other
consumer goods |
| Sri
Lanka |
textiles and apparel, tea, diamonds, coconut
products, petroleum products |
| Sudan
|
oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame,
livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar |
| Suriname
|
alumina, crude oil, lumber, shrimp and fish, rice,
bananas |
| Swaziland
|
soft drink concentrates, sugar, wood pulp, cotton
yarn, refrigerators, citrus and canned fruit |
| Sweden
|
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp
and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals |
| Switzerland
|
machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural
products |
| Syria
|
crude oil, petroleum products, fruits and
vegetables, cotton fiber, clothing, meat and live animals, wheat
|
| Taiwan
|
computer products and electrical equipment, metals,
textiles, plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002) |
| Tajikistan
|
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable
oil, textiles |
| Tanzania
|
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
|
| Thailand
|
computers, office machine parts, transistors,
rubber, vehicles (cars and trucks), plastic, seafood (2002) |
| Togo
|
reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa |
| Tokelau
|
stamps, copra, handicrafts |
| Tonga
|
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops |
| Trinidad
and Tobago |
petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, steel
products, fertilizer, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus, flowers |
| Tunisia
|
textiles, mechanical goods, phosphates and
chemicals, agricultural products, hydrocarbons |
| Turkey
|
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures,
transport equipment |
| Turkmenistan
|
gas 57%, oil 26%, cotton fiber 3%, textiles 2%
(2001) |
| Turks
and Caicos Islands |
lobster, dried and fresh conch, conch shells |
| Tuvalu
|
copra, fish |
| Uganda
|
coffee, fish and fish products, tea; gold, cotton,
flowers, horticultural products |
| Ukraine
|
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum
products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food
products |
| United
Arab Emirates |
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish,
dates |
| United
Kingdom |
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food,
beverages, tobacco |
| United
States |
capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and
raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products |
| Uruguay
|
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy
products |
| Uzbekistan
|
cotton 41.5%, gold 9.6%, energy products 9.6%,
mineral fertilizers, ferrous metals, textiles, food products,
automobiles (1998 est.) |
| Vanuatu
|
copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee |
| Venezuela
|
petroleum, bauxite and aluminum, steel, chemicals,
agricultural products, basic manufactures |
| Vietnam
|
crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber,
tea, garments, shoes |
| Virgin
Islands |
refined petroleum products |
| Wallis
and Futuna |
copra, chemicals, construction materials |
| West
Bank |
olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone |
| Western
Sahara |
phosphates 62% |
| World
|
the whole range of industrial and agricultural
goods and services |
| Yemen
|
crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish |
| Zambia
|
copper 55%, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers,
cotton |
| Zimbabwe
|
tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
|
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