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NAME: Estonia

CAPITAL: Tallinn

MAIN CITIES:

• Tallinn 400,000
• Tartu 103, 300
• Narva 65,900
• Kohtla-Järve 44,500
• Pärnu 44,000

Source: www.estonia.eu

POPULATION: 1.34 million

LANGUAGES: Estonian, Russian

CURRENCY: Kroon

DIALLING CODE:  +372

TIME ZONE:  GMT + 2 hours

INTERNET DOMAIN:  .ee

ECONOMY

Estonia is situated on the east coast of the Baltic Sea with Finland Latvia & Russia as neighbours. Estonia has an open economy and the government have followed good fiscal policies which have led to low public debt.

KEY INDUSTRIES        

•   Engineering

•   Electronics

•   Textiles

•   Wood & Wood products

•   IT

•   Telecommunications

GDP – per capita (PPP):

$18,500 (2009 est.) 

country comparison to the world: 63

$21,400 (2008 est.)

$22,000 (2007 est.)

note: data are in 2009 US dollars

GDP – composition by sector:  

• agriculture: 2.7%
• industry: 26.3%
• services: 71% (2009 est.)

EXPORTS:

$9.08 billion (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 83

$12.57 billion (2008 est.)

EXPORTS – COMMODITIES:

• Machinery and equipment 29%,
• Wood and paper 13%
• Metals 10%
• Food products 8%
• Textiles 5%
• Chemical products

EXPORT PARTNERS:

• Finland 18.57%
• Sweden 12.52%
• Latvia 9.51%
• Russia 9.33%
• Germany 6.09%
• Lithuania 4.76%
• US 4.26% (2009)

IMPORTS:

$9.783 billion (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 86

$15.33 billion (2008 est.)

IMPORTS – COMMODITIES:

• Machinery and equipment 35%
• Textiles 19%
• Mineral fuels 19%
• Chemical products 9%
• Foodstuffs 6%

IMPORT PARTNERS:

• Finland 14.52%
• Lithuania 10.84%
• Latvia 10.47%
• Germany 10.33%
• Russia 8.59%
• Sweden 8.34%
• Poland 5.63% (2009)

Source: www.cia.gov

ONLINE SOURCES:

Estonian Government – www.valitsus.ee

Estonian Investment & Trade Agency  – http://www.investinestonia.com/investment-guide/

Enterprise Estonia http://www.eas.ee/index.php?setlang=en-GB

Trade with Estonia – www.tradewithestonia.com

Estonia Tourism Portal – www.visitestonia.com

NEWSPAPERS

Postimees – daily, Estonian and Russian-language editions

Eesti Paevaleht – daily

Ohtuleht – evening tabloid

Maaleht - weekly

Aripaev – business daily