SCOTLAND ECONOMY

Scotland's economy is closely linked to the UK. GDP GDP PER CAPITA CURRENCY USD 141.000 millions USD 27.555 Pound sterling ( GBP) EXPORTS COUNTRIES MAIN PRODUCTS United States, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain Whisky, electronics and financial services. IMPORTS COUNTRIES MAIN PRODUCTS Germany, United States, People's Republic of China, France Manufactured goods, machinery, fuel, food

Economic Activity
Agriculture
About 75% of the countrys land is devoted to agriculture. The main crops are barley, wheat, oats and potatoes.
Other products include turnips and fruit (Outstanding, Raspberry and apples.

Livestock
Scotland is know for its cattle, pigs and sheep are raised (high quality in world). It is also characterized the poultry industry.

Wood Production
Scotland is characterized by about 15% of its territory with commercial forests. This represents more than one third of industrial wood production in Britain, this being major economic activity.

Fishing
Fishing is a key activity, particularly marine fisheries in the Northeast and on the islands. The Salmon farming has become an important industry in the islands and the west. The country is the second largest producer in Europe.

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Scotland economy is currently based on the services sector and industry sector, while still maintaining the primary sector presence.

Industries
Mining
The most important mining activity has been the discovery of oil fields near the northeast coast of Scotland and north-west of the Orkney and Shetland.
There are about 110 distilleries, mainly located in the northeast, about 80% of its production is exported to more than 200 countries. The development of this industry is very advanced, carry out projects with the most advanced technology in cell phone development and design of WAP applications.

Distillery

Telecommunication

Tourism
Tourism is now the main industry in Scotland. The tourists come mainly from UnitedKingdom, followed by USA, folled by Germany, France, Canada and Australia.