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1. FINNISH ECONOMY
HELSINKI
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2. FINLAND
President Ms. Tarja HALONEN
MER Prime Minister Mr. Jyrki KATAINEN
DE L’EST
Political Regime Parliamentary republic
Capital Helsinki
GDP total €180 billion
Tampere, Turku, Espoo,
Main cities
Vantaa, Oulu
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3. MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Statistics( 2010) Finland trends
Population 5,375,276
Land area (km²) 303,892
Density (hab/km²) 18
GDP billion € 180
Growth 3.6%
Pop active 2,672,000
Unemployment rate 8.4
Inflation rate 1.2
Foreign Trade
Exports billion € 52.4
Imports billion € 51.5
Finance
Investment rate 18.7%
Public debt 41.7%
Official currency Euro
Source : Statistics Finland
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4. 8 REASONS TO GO TO FINLAND
High technology Sophisticated and
society affluent consumers
Profitable market
Open and attractive
market
Easy to reach
Transparent and
Strategic location reliable
between Scandinavia,
Baltic countries and Home base for several global
Russia leader companies
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5. DID YOU KNOW THAT…
... Helsinki is the best city in Northern Europe, and the second
best one in all of Europe, to live in? (EIU 2011)
... It takes only 3.5 hours to travel by high-speed train from
Helsinki to St Petersburg in Russia (centre to centre)?
... There are over 80 million people living within two hours’
flight time from Helsinki?
... Helsinki is the closest EU capital to India and the Far East
(by flight time)?
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6. FINLAND, BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Import commodities - partners Export commodities - partners
Chemical industry products, extractive Forest industry products, chemical
industry products, electro-technical industry products, electro-technical
and electronic products, machinery and and electronic products, metals and
equipment, vehicles metal products, machinery and
equipment
Russia 17.8%, Germany 13.3%, Sweden Sweden 11.4%, Germany 10.1%,
10.1%, China 7.3%, Netherlands 5.4%, Russia 9.0%, USA 7.0%, Netherlands
USA 3.4% 6.8%, China 5.1%
Export – Import revenues Main industries
Machinery and equipment, metals and
metal products, electro-technical and
Exports €57.37 billion electronic products, forest industry
products, food products, chemical
Imports €51.50 billion industry products
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7. FINLAND, MAIN SECTORS & COMPANIES
Machinery Metals ICT & Electronics
Forest Industry
Food Chemicals
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8. Please contact our nearest or local office for your general enquiries:
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Phone: + 46 707 72 85 27 Phone: +33 607 52 81 76
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Phone: +45 21 74 97 68 Phone: .+39 34 08 97 50 70
Email: copenhagen@columdae.com Email: milan@columdae.com
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