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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Timor-Leste Exports


Coffee beans: a dominant export of Timor-Leste       Integrated circuits: a dominant export of Timor-Leste       Pasta: a dominant export of Timor-Leste       Petroleum: a dominant export of Timor-Leste

According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org) and MIT's Observatory of Economic Complexity (atlas.media.mit.edu), the following items are major exports of TIMOR-LESTE (East Timor): automobiles (small amounts), bananas, cabbage, cassava, cloth, coffee, corn (maize), excavation machinery, gold (small amounts), handicrafts, integrated circuits, mangoes, marble, motor-working tools, oilseeds, pasta, petroleum and petroleum gas, plastic pipes, rice, sandalwood, scrap aluminum, soap, soybeans, spices, sweet potatoes, and vanilla (small amounts). In 2015 according to the OEC, a whopping 93% of Timor-Leste's exports were crude petroleum. According to February 2017 statistics from the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports include Belgium (top importer), Germany, the United States, Indonesia, Sudan, Cyprus, Australia, Lebanon, Liberia, the Philippines, Italy, Pakistan, Japan, New Zealand, Libya, China, Uganda, Hong Kong, Russia, Mauritania, and Kenya.

— Coffee and oil well icons by Georgina Ionescu, Noun Project
— Pasta icon by Artem Kovyazin, Noun Project
— Integrated circuit (microchip) icon by Vectors Market, Noun Project

Rounded flag of Timor-Leste (East Timor)

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