finnish economy
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FINNISH ECONOMY
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HELSINKI
FINLAND
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DE L’EST
President Ms. Tarja HALONEN
Prime Minister Mr. Jyrki KATAINEN
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DE L’ESTPrime Minister Mr. Jyrki KATAINEN
Political Regime Parliamentary republic
Capital Helsinki
GDP total €180 billion
Main citiesTampere, Turku, Espoo,
Vantaa, Oulu
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
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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
8 REASONS TO GO TO FINLAND
Open and attractive
market
Profitable market
Sophisticated and
affluent consumers
High technology
society
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market
Home base for several global
leader companies
Strategic location
between Scandinavia,
Baltic countries and
Russia
Easy to reach
Transparent and
reliable
... 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)?
DID YOU KNOW THAT…
... 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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FINLAND, BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Export commodities Export commodities -- partnerspartnersImport commodities Import commodities -- partnerspartners
Chemical industry products, extractive
industry products, electro-technical
and electronic products, machinery and
equipment, vehicles
Russia 17.8%, Germany 13.3%, Sweden
10.1%, China 7.3%, Netherlands 5.4%,
USA 3.4%
Forest industry products, chemical
industry products, electro-technical
and electronic products, metals and
metal products, machinery and
equipment
Sweden 11.4%, Germany 10.1%,
Russia 9.0%, USA 7.0%, Netherlands
6.8%, China 5.1%
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Export Export –– Import revenuesImport revenues
Machinery and equipment, metals and
metal products, electro-technical and
electronic products, forest industry
products, food products, chemical
industry products
Main industriesMain industries
Imports €51.50 billion
Exports €57.37 billion
FINLAND, MAIN SECTORS & COMPANIES
MachineryMachinery MetalsMetals ICT & ElectronicsICT & Electronics
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FoodFood ChemicalsChemicalsForest IndustryForest Industry
Stockholm
Address: Pipersgatan 26, 11228, Stockholm
Phone: + 46 707 72 85 27
Email: [email protected]
Copenhagen
Address: Njalsgade 15, 2300, Copenhagen
Phone: +45 21 74 97 68
Email: [email protected]
Please contact our nearest or local office for your general enquiries: Please contact our nearest or local office for your general enquiries:
Paris
Address: 7, rue dahomey, 75011, Paris
Phone: +33 607 52 81 76
Email: [email protected]
Milan
Address: Via Monte Leone 22, Milan
Phone: .+39 34 08 97 50 70
Email: [email protected]: [email protected]
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