UK

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• UK
• Economy

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What we are going to talk about

• Primary Sector
• Secondary Sector
• Tertiary Sector
• Import Export
• Finance Currency

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Introduction

• Sixth-largest national economy in the world and
  the third-largest in Europe after Germany and
  France
• Naval Power since the victory against the
  Spanish's Invincible Armada
• First country in the world to industrialize
• Decline from 20th century
• Currently with a strong economy and currency

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Primary Sector

• Quite productively efficient agricolture (2/3 of
  the national consummation of food)
• Highlands (north) farming
• Lowlands (south) crops
• Fishing in the Atlantic Ocean and in the North
  Sea
• Mines (north and centre) coal and iron

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Secondary Sector

• Started with the event of the Enclosures
• Engineering Japanese multinationals (Nissan,
  Honda and Toyota) and original English firms
• Electronics Multinationals (IBM, Hitachi, and
  Sony) and M4 Corridor (similar to the Silicon
  Valley)
• Chemicals Shell (Petrol chemicals) and Glaxo
  Wellcome (Medicine)
• Food Industry the most popular product is the
  Whisky

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• Bulding Construction is a major employer
• Textiles First industry since the Industrial
  Revolution. Uses the indian cotton and the local
  wool

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Tertiary Sector

• Generous investments on Healthcare and Education
• Transport very developed in all type of
  transport
• Telecommunication duopoly of BBC and IBA
• Tourism 7th biggest touristic destination. Main
  touristic attraction Tower of London.Scotland
  kilt and bagpipe

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Investments of UK's Government in the different
tertiary sectors
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Import Export

• Import spices, silk and Indian tea
  (India)cocoa, coffee, wood, gold and diamonds
  (Africa)
• Export manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals
  (medicines), food, beverages and tobacco while it
  imports food, raw materials and manufactured
  goods as well

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Finance Currency

• Largest financial capital in the world after USA
  and Japan
• The most important insurance company is Lloyds
• London Stock Exchange the English Wall Street
• Currency Pound Sterling ()