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Case Studies On Trade and Development
INDICATOR
GNP per
capita
Energy
consumption
Main sector
of
employment
KENYA (LEDC)
GNP per capita
US$ 280
0.11 tonnes of
coal equivalent
per person per
year
1976 calories
per person per
day
Primary (80%):
Most people
engaged in
farming, which
is labour
intensive and
often at a
subsistence
level. Smaller
numbers are
employed in
mining,
forestry and
JAPAN (MEDC)
GNP per capita
US$ 39 640
4.74 tonnes of
coal equivalent
per person per
year
2932 calories
per person per
day
Tertiary (59%):
mainly due to
its wealth.
Examples :
health,
education,
commerce,
transport and
recreation
fishing.
24%
Urban
population
Adult literacy 80% males,
57% females
Birth rate
34
Death rate
14
HDI
0.514
78%
99% males,
98% females
9
8
0.928
TASK 2: PG 194-95
A.TRADE IN JAPAN
1. MAIN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS:
MAIN EXPORTS:
Electronic machinery
General machinery
Cars
Chemicals
Precision instruments
Iron and steel
Ships
Textiles
MAIN IMPORTS:
China
US
South Korea
Taiwan
B. TRADE IN KENYA:
1. MAIN EXPORTS AND MAIN IMPORTS:
MAIN EXPORTS:
Tea
Coffee
Petroleum products
Food and vegetables (pineapples, fresh flowers, peas and
beans)
Hides and Skin
Soda ash
Sisal
Pyrethrum
Cement
MAIN IMPORTS:
Machinery
Crude oil
Cars/vehicles
Iron and steel
Plastic
Fertiliser
Pharmaceuticals
Paper
Farm machinery
Wheat
Uganda
Netherlands
Tanzania
US
China
US
Germany
Japan