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Form of state | Confederation (but similar to a federal republic) | |
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Next elections | October 2023, legislative |
(% of total)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Germany
20.7%
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1 |
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United Kingdom
9.5%
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2 |
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Italy
7.6%
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3 |
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United States
7.6%
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4 |
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France
7.1%
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5 |
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(% of total)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Non-Monetary Gold
26%
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1 |
31%
Non-Monetary Gold
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Pharmaceutical products
24%
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2 |
11%
Pharmaceutical products
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Industrial machinery and parts
8%
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3 |
7%
Industrial machinery and parts
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Clockmaking
7%
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4 |
6%
Road vehicles
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Organic Chemicals
7%
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5 |
5%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances
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Medium
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High
Payments
Court proceedings
Insolvency proceedings
Payments
Court proceedings
Insolvency proceedings
Domestic courts are fairly efficient in dealing with disputes in a timely manner; however collecting debt pre-legally remains the most effective option.
Although mechanisms designed to increase debt renegotiation and company rescue have been put into place, liquidation remains the default procedure at present, thus leaving little chance for unsecured creditors to collect debts from insolvent debtors.
15 April
We expect inflation will only stage a temporary overshoot in the US and briefly hit the ECB’s “below, but close to, 2%” target in the Eurozone in 2021.
01 April
The pace of vaccination campaigns will drive a multi-speed recovery, keeping divergence high.
26 March
Supply-chain disruptions since the beginning of the year could cost USD230bn.