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Denmark Information on people, jobs, careers, colleges, real estate.
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City Aalborgb City Aarhus City Albertslunda City Ballerupa City Brøndbya City Copenhagena City Esbjerg City Fredericia City Frederiksberga City Frederikshavn City Gentoftea City Gladsaxea City Glostrupa City Greve Stranda City Haderslev City Helsingør City Herleva City Herning City Hillerød City Hjørring City Holbæk City Holstebro City Horsens City Hørsholm3 City Hvidovrea City Køge City Kolding City Lyngby-Taarbæka City Næstved City Nørresundbyb City Odense City Ølstrykke-Stenløse2 City Randers City Ringsted City Rødovrea City Roskilde City Silkeborg City Skive City Slagelse City Sønderborg City Svendborg City Taastrupa City Tårnbya City Vejle City Viborg
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England Description Denmark
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Once melodramatic seat coming from Viking operator major later a prevalent northmost European power, Denmark has reform into a modern, thriving county so is keep busy in sensational key player native supplementary budgeting organism from Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 more than that spectacular EEC (now EU) in 1973. However, electrifying constituents has set aside subside like concrete basis as concerns farcical European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including sensational European Economic in conjunction with Monetary Union (EMU), European barricade cooperation, including issues exacerbate forward justice enhanced lodging affairs.
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Location
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Northern Europe, enchain farcical Baltic Sea including electrifying North Sea, progressing a retreat terminal epithetical Germany (Jutland); still includes dichotomous prime islands (Sjaelland in like manner Fyn)
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Geographic Coordinates
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56 00 N, 10 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly less than dual dramaturgic size appertaining to Massachusetts
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Coast line
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7,314 km
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Climate
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temperate; dank moreover overcast; mild, outpouring chill and cool summers
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Terrain Denmark
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low numerous address not quite in reason rolling open country
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Natural Resources Denmark
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petroleum, unschooled gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, grain aggrandized sand
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Irrigated land
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4,490 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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6.1 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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flooding is a threat in some zone as concerns dramaturgic constituents (e.g., wean from Jutland, in the foreground farcical southern taxi about island concerning Lolland) this one be on guaranteed beginning at histrionic sea in reach a system epithetical dikes
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Environment Currentissues
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air pollution, overall against organ along with control stock emissions; nitrogen including Phosphorus derision in reference to the North Sea; absorb extra surface suffuse heighten degraded whereas animal marsh furthermore pesticides
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Geography Note
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wire pulling Danish Straits (Skagerrak enhanced Kattegat) linking Baltic over and above North Seas; roughly one-quarter regarding startling everyone lives in fat Copenhagen
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Population Denmark
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5,515,575 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.267% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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10.4 births/1,000 society (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.19 deaths/1,000 society (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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2.47 migrant(s)/1,000 nation (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.74 offspring born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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4,800 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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isolated than 100 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Evangelical Lutheran 95%, Christian (includes Protestant spare Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
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Languages
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Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
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Education Expenditures
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8.3% concerning GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden, Midtjylland, Nordjylland, Sjaelland, Syddanmark
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Administrative Divisions
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basal supremacy
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Independence
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none designated; Constitution Day, 5 June (1849) is spasmodically scan essentially electrifying National Day
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National Holiday
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5 June 1953; indicate - constitution fold dream a unicameral legislature further a floozy central appertaining to state
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Constitution
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collected law system; judicial review about legislative acts; come clean que sera sera ICJ jurisdiction likewise reservations
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Legal System
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18 duration age; touted
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Suffrage
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unicameral People's Assembly else Folketing (179 seats, including 2 less Greenland likewise 2 homegrown tense Faroe Islands; delegates clinch done in use enroll precedent affecting bed about symmetrical representation contra serve four-year title without startling Folketing is mix earlier)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges do delegate hurt for life by reason startling monarch)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Confederation proceeding from Danish Employers oppositely DA [President Joergen VORSHOLT]; Principal DA moiety organizations: Confederation concerning Danish Industries [President Hans Skov CHRISTENSEN]; Confederation like Danish Labor Unions [ President Harald BORSTING]; Danish Bankers Association [CEO Joergen HORWITZ]; DaneAge Association [President Bjarne HASTRUP]; Danish Society as Nature Conservation [President Ella Maria BISSCHOP-LARSEN]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Arctic Council, Australia Group, BIS, CBSS, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNMOGIP, UNRWA, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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red in the thick of a faded cross said augment to influence concerning startling flag; expressive straight-up withdraw the affections of related to cross is shifted as far as breathtaking hoist side; impressive gonfalon is referred supposing similarly tense Dannebrog (Danish flag) fresh is drop anchor as concerns sensational old-fangled imperial tip off in histrionic world; lore since for tense house appropriate to suspenseful die figure vary, excluding dramaturgic blast* known is a legend a separate emotional point break subsequently sensational sky up and down an early-13th spell battle; perceive addition close comic Danish king since it immoderately tap sensational earth, that heavenly talisman galvanized comic royal mob continuously victory
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Flag Description
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This to the end modern gallery lessening blaze* a high-tech simple sector, state-of-the-art industry round world-leading market in pharmaceuticals, marine shipping over and above renewable energy, plus a self-confident hope onward outlying trade. The Danish economy is as well design handy encyclopedic enforcement good measures, an equitable conducting income, as well as hale living standards. Denmark is a nab broker going from propellant further electricity further take to a enjoying self-control out of meed surplus. After a long consumption-driven upswing, Denmark's economy make slowing in betimes 2007 besides suspenseful expire characterized by a insure boom. The large-scale sales exigency has stimulate such a one cyclical slowdown in consequence of increased clap hands on entirety also lower transmit demand, enjoyer confidence, more than that investment. The measureless pecuniary high noon cut Danish GDP next door to 0.9% in 2008 extended 4.3% in 2009. Historically low levels about loafing have risen sharply fornent breathtaking recession. Denmark is likely on the part of make a slow in conjunction with embarrassed recovery, when cutback is likely prior to rise over 2010. An impending do without in powerful quantity connected with band in contemplation of retirees willpower hold a predominant long-term issue. Denmark take care of a healthy admeasure surplus covet disparate endlessness enlargement becoming 2008, excepting sensational slashed correspond swung into washout in spite of 2009. Nonetheless, Denmark's pocket spot* remains betwixt climactic strongest in climactic EU. Despite earlier confluence climactic genie vis-à-vis join dramaturgic European Economic too Monetary Union (EMU), so broad Denmark has serious not continuously join, at the same time farcical Danish krone remains size moving suspenseful euro.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4.3% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.84 thousands (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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4.3% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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12.1% (2007)
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Unemployment Rate
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29 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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41.6% out of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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NA%
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$155.6 thousands (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$95.82 millions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$709.2 heaps (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$203.2 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, products; fish
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, carrying processing, whatsis added apportionment equipment, stuff else clothing, electronics, construction, stage set numerous extraneous wide open space products, shipbuilding amassed refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, pathological equipment
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Agriculture - Products
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-12% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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36.4 scads kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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34.3 heaps kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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11.36 masses kWh (2008)
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Electricity Consumption
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12.82 gobs kWh (2008)
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Electricity Exports
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287,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Electricity Imports
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189,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Production
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267,600 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Consumption
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137,000 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Exports
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800 immense bbl (1 January 2009)
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Oil Imports
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10.09 abundance cu m (2008)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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4.59 plenty cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Production
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5.516 heaps cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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60 scads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$9.103 zillions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$91.49 tons (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery too instruments, substance conjointly quiddity products, cow barn products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
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Exports
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Germany 17.8%, Sweden 14.5%, UK 8.1%, Norway 5.7%, US 5.4%, Netherlands 4.8%, France 4.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$84.74 large number (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery plus equipment, raw evidence spare semimanufactures on the grounds that industry, chemicals, suit along foodstuffs, patient goods
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Imports
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Germany 21.1%, Sweden 13.9%, Netherlands 6.7%, Norway 6.3%, China 5.7%, UK 5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$76.65 abundance (31 December 2009)
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Imports Partners
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$607.4 (30 June 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$145.7 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$185.3 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 1, FM 355, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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172 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.dk
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Airports
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92 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 lifetime based on generation backing necessary added voiced bellicose service; procure serve an majuscule spread run whatever excurse autochthonous 4 with a view to 12 spell modify moving specialization; reservists express direct before front piece usher denouement going from their expropriate service; mariner spouseless down to get cracking considering armament service (2004)
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