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Key words:
large-scale production – крупномасштабное производ-
ство,
leading producer –
ведущий производитель,
raw materials – сырьевые материалы,
international trade – международная торговля,
account for – отвечать за,
gross national product – валовой национальный продукт,
free-trading block –
блок свободной торговли,
to a large extent – в огромной степени,
fisheries – рыбные места,
work force – рабочая сила.
From the History
of Europe Economy
Europe was the first of the world’s
major regions to develop a
modern economy based on commercial agriculture and industrial
development.
The economies of Europe’s countries are mainly market-
oriented, with varying degrees of government control. Europe’s
mineral industries are based largely on coal (Germany, Poland,
the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic) and iron ore
(in France, Sweden, and Spain). The
large-scale production of
petroleum in Europe is limited to the North Sea oil fields of the
United Kingdom and Norway. Most European countries are
greatly depended on imported petroleum. The Netherlands,
the United Kingdom, and Romania are the continent’s leading
producers of natural gas.
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Europe’s manufacturing industries are highly developed,
though they depend to a large extent on imported raw materials.
Such industries as manufacture
of high-quality machine and
metal products, electrical goods, synthetic textiles, motor vehicles,
aircraft,
computers, and consumer electronics are developed in
Europe.
Agriculture employs less than one-eighth of the workforce
in most European countries. It is highly mechanized. Western
Europe has the most productive and scientific agriculture. Europe’s
productive fisheries are in the North Atlantic Ocean and the
adjacent
waters of the Norwegian Sea, the North Sea, and the Bay
of Biscay.
Europe accounts for approximately half of the world’s
international trade. Exports represent more than one-fifth of the
gross national product (GNP) of the European Economic Area
(EEA), which constitutes the world’s largest free-trading bloc.
Foodstuffs,
petroleum, and raw materials dominate Europe’s
imports, while its exports include a great variety of capital and
consumer goods, including machinery, motor vehicles, electronic
equipment, chemicals, and textiles.
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