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COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Construction(a) (Y bn unless otherwise indicated) 2000 2001 Total 15,943.9 14,338.3 of which: public 4,549.4 3,913.3 private 10,139.7 9,065.6 Construction starts (m sq [...]

COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Output of main industrial products ('000 tonnes unless otherwise indicated) 2000 2001 Metals Pig iron (m tonnes) 81 79 Crude steel (m tonnes) [...]

COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Annual indicators 1997 1998(a) 1999(a) 2000(a) 2001(a) GDP at market prices (CFAfr bn) 322.7 269.3 536.9 954.9 1,346.6 Real GDP growth (%) 71.2 [...]

COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT LAND AREA: 322,463 sq km POPULATION: 14.8m (mid-2000; UN estimate) MAIN TOWNS: Population in '000 (1996) Abidjan 2,500 Bouake 460 Yamoussoukro 190 Daloa [...]

COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT POPULATION: 8.88m (2000, year-end) POPULATION GROWTH: 0.1% (1996-2000, average) LAND AREA: 449,964 sq km FISCAL YEAR: Starts January 1st CURRENCY KRONA (SKR): Skr10.34:US$1 [...]

COUNTRY BACKGROUND FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT Quarterly indicators 2001 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Central government finance (Ikr m) Revenue and grants 53,829 53,917 n/a Expenditure and net [...]

A-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper quoted data on the passage of Saudi vessels in the Suez Canal in the first half of 2002 as published in late August 2002 in a report [...]

Seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector declined by 0.8% in the EU15 over the second quarter of this year, compared to the first quarter, according to estimates just published by [...]

Intermediate goods remained unchanged in the EU15's July 2002 index but declined by 1% in the Euro-zone. Capital goods also remained unchanged in the EU15 but fell by 0.5% in [...]

According to 'Star', the number of tourists visiting Turkey in August reached 1.91 million, representing a 19.3% jump over the same period last year, according to official statistics released over [...]

According to Milliyet, State Minister Tunca Toskay released the official results of Turkey's October 2000 census, announcing that the head count put Turkey's population at 67.8 million. Toskay said the [...]

According to Al-Hayat newspaper (August 4, 2002), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been suffering from rising unemployment problems among local youth. There are no precise statistics regarding the local [...]

According to 'Jordan Times', a recent study of workplace safety revealed that 85-88 per cent of the 20,000 on-the-job injuries occurring annually are attributable to both employer and employee negligence [...]

It's summer, and everyone's trying to get in shape before hitting the beach. That's good news for the health club industry, analysts say, which saw average revenues for 17 of [...]

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-13 May 2002-Norwegian goods transports across borders decline (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The transport of goods by lorry across Norway's borders declined in the first quarter. Imports [...]

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-2 May 2002-Television viewing on the increase among Norwegians - study (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegians are spending more time watching television while there has been a [...]

Bayan al-Yawm newspaper provided data on unemployment in Morocco in 1999, as published in the Bureau of Statistics Report in late February 2002. In 1999, there was unemployment of 8.66% [...]

According to 'Dunya', Turkish contractors' foreign projects have reached the 45 billion dollars mark. The investments of members of Turkish Contractors Association that hit 39 billion dollars, totaling 45 bn [...]

According to 'Tehran Times', Managing Director of the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research in Hamedan Province Abdol-Hossein Habibi announced that $528,960 worth of non-oil goods were exported from the [...]

Russian Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin stated at his ministry's meeting that the amount of cash fleeing Russia fell by almost $8 billion in 2001, Reuters reported. According to Kudrin, government [...]

Nearly 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in 2001, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) announced as it released the largest survey to date of [...]

The European Commission has approved its annual Technical Action Plan for Agricultural Statistics (TAPAS) for the coming year. The plan, which was cleared on January 9, is worth some Euro [...]

According to 'Dunya', According to data given by the Turkish Banks Union, the number of bank personnel has decreased by 16 percent to 147 thousand in 2001. A total of [...]

The increases were particularly significant (a half a percentage point or more) in Belgium, Spain and Ireland. The indicator only fell in the United Kingdom (0.4%) and, to a much [...]

Al-Ittihad newspaper gave data on national income for the first half of 2001 as published in the report of the Treasury Ministry in August 2001. Total income reached JD 767 [...]

A-Dustour newspaper gave data from research carried out in August 2001 on the profits of 26 industrial companies during the first half 2001. Net profits of these companies was JD [...]

According to Assafir newspaper (October 28, 2001), official statistics show that there are nine million olive trees in Lebanon. Average olive oil production stands at 6,000-9,000 tons per annum. The [...]

According to Al-Nahar newspaper (October 27, 2001), the Lebanese Ministry of Industry reported a four percent growth rate in industrial development. 272 new factories were established in Lebanon in the [...]