Export to Czech Republic
CLICK HERE FOR BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
NAME: Czech Republic
CAPITAL: Prague
MAIN CITIES: Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Plzen, Olomouc
SURFACE AREA: 79,000 sq km
POPULATION: 10.5 million
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Czech
CURRENCY: Czech Koruna
DIALLING CODE: +420
TIME ZONE: GMT+1
INTERNET DOMAIN: cz
HEAD OF STATE: President HE Mr Vaclav Klaus
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister Mr Jan Fischer
(Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Country economic fact sheet)
ECONOMY
The Czech Republic has kept an open investment climate and is one of the most secure and affluent countries in Central & Eastern Europe.
KEY INDUSTRIES
- Motor vehicles
- Machinery & Equipment
- Iron
- Steel
- Cement
- Sheet glass
- Ceramics
- Chemicals
- Agriculture – wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, potatoes, fruit, cattle & horses, poultry
MAIN TRADING PARTNERS
- Germany (32%)
- Slovakia
- Poland
- France
- Austria
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Russia
- U.K.
- China, United States.
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | |
| $254.1 billion (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 44 $265.3 billion (2008 est.)$258.8 billion (2007 est.)note: data are in 2009 US dollars | |
| GDP – real growth rate: | |
| -4.2% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 180 2.5% (2008 est.)6.1% (2007 est.) | |
| GDP – per capita (PPP): | ||
| $24,900 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 53 $26,000 (2008 est.)$25,300 (2007 est.)note: data are in 2009 US dollars | ||
| EXPORTS: | ||
| $112.6 billion (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 32 $145.7 billion (2008 est.) | ||
| EXPORTS – COMMODITIES: | ||
|
||
| EXPORTS – PARTNERS: | ||
|
||
| IMPORTS: | ||
| $103.1 billion (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 30 $139.4 billion (2008 est.) | ||
| IMPORTS – COMMODITIES: | ||
|
||
| IMPORTS – PARTNERS: | ||
|
||
(Source: www.cia.gov)
USEFUL LINKS
Czech Tourist Authority – www.czechtourism.com
Prague Information Service – www.pis.cz/en
Czech Airlines – www.csa.cz/en
Prague Airport – www.csl.cz/en
Official Website of the Czech Republic – www.czech.cz/en
NEWSPAPERS
