Austria |
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| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
grains, potatoes,
sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry;
lumber |
| Exports |
$70 billion f.o.b. (2001) |
| Exports
- commodities |
machinery and equipment, motor
vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals,
iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs |
| Exports
- partners |
Germany 31.5%, Italy 9.3%, Switzerland
5.4%, US 4.9%, UK 4.9%, France 4.7%, Hungary 4.3% (2002) |
| Imports |
$74 billion c.i.f. (2001) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery and equipment, motor
vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
|
| Imports
- partners |
Germany 42.6%, Italy 6.6%, Hungary
5.1%, Switzerland 4.8%, Netherlands 4.4% (2002) |
| Currency |
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced
the euro as a common currency to be used by the financial institutions
of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the
sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries
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| Exchange
rates |
euros per US dollar - 1.06 (2002),
1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94 (1999), 12.38 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar year |
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