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To: Elsewhere who wrote (67028)	9/4/2004 5:42:56 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Jochen, The same CIA factbook lists German exports at 696 Billion :-) odci.gov John

To: Elsewhere who wrote (67028)	9/4/2004 6:04:59 PM
From: pheilman_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

[Exports] From the possibly biased CIA fact book: German Exports: $696.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) German GDP $2.271 trillion (2003 est.) US Exports: $ 714.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) US GDP $10.98 trillion (2003 est.) cia.gov A small enough difference to be explained by the choice of conversion of euro to dollars. But a staggering percentage of the German economy is exports, 33%. Perhaps that is more of a result of the low trade and transportation barriers in Europe.