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GERMANY
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Germany — a major advocate of unrestricted world trade — is second only to the USA in combined exports and imports. Among Germany's key exports: telecommunications equipment. No surprise, there. Germans themselves have one of the world's most advanced telecommunications systems — one that is served by networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay service, and domestic satellites. And, yes: Cellular telephone service is widely available.
Here's a profile of Germany in 2001:
| Area | 137,816 sq. mi. (about Montana's size) |
| Population | 82,433,000 |
| Religions | Protestant 34%, Catholic 34%, Others 32% |
| Government | Parliamentary federal republic |
| No. of States (Länder) | 16 |
| Key Industries | Machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles, shipbuilding |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* | $2.2 trillion |
| Basis of GDP | Farming 1%, Industry 28%, Services 71% |
| Exports | $560.7 billion |
| Imports | $472.9 billion |
| Key Trading Partners | France, USA, UK, Italy, Netherlands |
*Germany's gross domestic
product (GDP) is reported in terms of its purchasing-power parity
(ppp). That's the dollar value of the universal "basket"
of goods and services that Germany's GDP earnings could buy (within
Germany, at German prices).
Sources: The World Factbook, 2002. German Information Center
in New York City.
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