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The state has significant enough natural resources at rather small population. Denmark extracts oil and natural gas, there are stocks of metals (iron, zinc, lead, nickel, aluminium). Denmark is the advanced industrially-agrarian country. A share of the industry in total amount of gross national product — 28,1%, an agriculture — 3,6%, spheres of services — 68,3%. The oil-and-gas industry, mechanical engineering (motor industry, manufacture of exact tools, the building equipment), textile, the food-processing industry are well developed. Metallurgy has small volumes and serves only internal needs of the country for steel and pig-iron. The mechanical engineering lets out sea vessels (5% of world export), ship diesel engines, the equipment for cement and the food-processing industry, electromotors, bicycles and motor scooters, transformers, audi-and video equipment, devices, medical tools, computers, copy technics, refrigerating machineries. The chemical industry makes products of oil refining, fertilizer, synthetic pitches, plastic, medicines, washing-up liquids. Manufacture of high-quality building materials is widely developed. There are large porcelain factories, a lot of textile and garment factories. There are high level products of the tanning industry. The enterprises of the food-processing industry which are letting out production of very high quality are widespread. The majority of the industrial enterprises are highly specialized, delivering on the world market small enough nomenclature of the goods. The goods made in traditional sector of industry, such as oil, gas, metals use the great demand also. Agriculture of Denmark — one of the most advanced in the world on a degree of mechanization, productivity and quality of products. The animal industries gives 90% of a total cost of agricultural production. On manufacture of milk, oil and meat per capita Denmark takes 2 place in the world. They plant large horned livestock of perfect breeds, pigs, sheeps, horses. Poultry farming is widely spread. Wheat, rye, barley, oats, potato, sugar beet, vegetables is grown up. Denmark is one of the largest exporters of agricultural production in Europe. About 80% of all commodity output of an agriculture is created by cooperative societies. The country has an excellent transport infrastructure. Denmark is the sea power country, it is included into number of the countries having the greatest merchant marine fleet in the world. Denmark exports machines and the equipment, meat and meat products, dairy products, fuel, fish. Imports — machines and accessories, oil, production of the chemical industry, grain and the foodstuffs, textiles, paper. The basic trading partners of Denmark are Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, France, Norway, the USA. |
