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Illinois Office of Trade and Investment “ State Focused – Globally Connected”

Illinois Office of Trade and Investment “ State Focused – Globally Connected”. Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Jack Lavin Director Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Rod R. Blagojevich Rajinder Bedi Governor Managing Director

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Illinois Office of Trade and Investment “ State Focused – Globally Connected”

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  1. Illinois Office of Trade and Investment“State Focused – Globally Connected” Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Jack Lavin Director Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Rod R. Blagojevich Rajinder BediGovernor Managing Director Office of Trade and Investment

  2. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office Rajinder Bedi OTI Managing Director - Chicago Chris Sala OTI Assistant Managing Director - Chicago Iwona Bochenska International Trade Specialist for Europe – Chicago Sharon Stead Galantino Managing Director – Brussels Office Siobhan Lysaght Trade and Marketing Representative – Brussels Office Annick Bilhou Trade and Administrative Representative – Brussels Office State of Illinois West European Office Boulevard de la Cambre 28-30, Box No. 2 1000 Brussels, BELGIUM Tel No: +32-2-646.5730 Fax No: +32-2-646.55.11 Email: brussels@illinoistrade.org Celebrating 40 Years In Europe- 2008

  3. West Europe and the OTI Facts, Figures, Trade Missions and FDI Promotional Activities

  4. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office • The Illinois West Europe Office covers a territory compromised of 16 countries. Countries include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom. (Finland is covered by the Warsaw office.) • Exports from Illinois to West Europe totaled $10,471,431,566 billion in 2006; an increase of 19.8% over 2005’s amount of $8,740,599,380 billion. Illinois’ major export sectors in 2006 to West Europe were: 1) Machinery (non-electrical) - $2,514,315,959 2) Chemicals - $2,401,267,443 3) Computer and Electronic Products - $1,369,440,070 4) Transportation Equipment - $1,177,658,314 5) Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components - $817,538,801 6) Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities - $630,986,150 7) Fabricated Metal Products - $341,898,401

  5. Austria North American Refractories Co., Columbia, IL Clay Refractories England Sterling Jewelers Inc., Peru and Rockford, IL Jewelry, Precious Stones and Metals France Sodexho Inc., Lebanon and Macomb, IL Caterers Germany Euromarket Designs, Chicago, IL Kitchenware Greece Olympic Airway, Chicago, IL Airliner Ireland Old Castle Glass Inc., Bensenville, IL Tempered Glass Italy Avantile Inc., Tinley Park, IL Ceramic Floor and Wall Tile Luxembourg Gima Advanced Technology, Elk Grove Village, IL Packaging Machinery Netherlands Corporate Express Inc., Crystal Lake, IL Computer and Software Stores ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office There are over twelve hundred West European companies which have chosen To have some of the U.S. operations in Illinois. Some examples include:

  6. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office More Companies…

  7. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office Past OTI missions to West Europe • Illinois Trade Mission to Medica ’07 Trade Show in Düsseldorf, Germany (November 2007) * Six Illinois medical companies accompanied the OTI staff to Medica ’06, the world’s largest medical trade show. Companies were given booths and advanced promotion of their services. The OTI staff met with several foreign firms and attended the Invest in America‘s inaugural investment seminar on the eve of the trade show. • Illinois Fact Finding Trade Event to All Energy 2007 in Aberdeen, Scotland (May 2007) * Illinois OTI had a booth at this All Energy exhibition in the UK and had 4 catalogue exhibitors and one Illinois company who availed of the services of OTI and used the booth as a “pied-a-terre”. The intelligence gained from this event will be used to assess a possible Trade Mission to the UK focused on the Energy sector in 2008.

  8. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office Past OTI missions to West Europe • Illinois Trade Mission to Medica ’06 Trade Show in Düsseldorf, Germany (November 2006) * Seven Illinois medical companies accompanied the OTI staff to Medica ’06, the world’s largest medical trade show. Companies were given booths and advanced promotion of their services. The OTI staff met with several foreign firms and hosted an FDI seminar about medical investment opportunities in Illinois. • Illinois Horizontal Trade Mission to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain (June 2006) * Three Illinois firms accompanied the OTI staff to Spain in a broad based trade mission, covering different sectors of industry. Companies attended seminars, factory tours, and face- to-face meetings with compatible companies. The OTI staff held FDI seminars, introducing foreign investors to the commercial opportunities that await in Illinois.

  9. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office • Illinois Trade Mission to Medica ’05 Trade Show in Düsseldorf, Germany (June 2005) * Ten Illinois medical companies accompanied the OTI staff to Medica ’05, the world’s largest medical trade show. Companies were given booths and advanced promotion of their services. The OTI staff met with several foreign firms and hosted an FDI seminar about medical investment opportunities in Illinois. All companies reported meeting interested parties who they have hope for future business. • Illinois Food and Processing Trade Mission to Düsseldorf, Germany and Bologna, Italy (May 2005) * Six Illinois small to medium sized firms, in the food and processing industry, accompanied the OTI staff to Germany and Italy for seminars and face-to-face meetings with firms from Europe in the same industry. All firms that attended rated their experience as satisfying. The six companies reported obtaining 97 leads during the mission.

  10. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office Examples of foreign companies encouraged to locate in Illinois and assisted by OTI Austria Belgium Denmark 10

  11. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENTState of Illinois – West European Office Examples of foreign companies encouraged to locate in Illinois and assisted by OTI France Germany Great Britain Italy 11

  12. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENTState of Illinois – West European Office Examples of foreign companies encouraged to locate in Illinois and assisted by OTI Spain Sweden Switzerland *Parent company has been contacted and offered assistance when needed. 12

  13. Examples of investments made with the assistance of OTI Coster USA Inc, Elgin, IL 24,000 sq ft Lifting Gear USA Inc, Bridgeview, IL 20,000 sq ft Mecalux USA Inc, Melrose Park, IL 400,000+ sq ft, Dynaco USA Inc, Northbrook, IL 20,000 sq ft Raven Antenna Systems Inc, Batavia, IL 60,000 sq ft FKW USA Inc, Frankfort, IL 50,000 sq ft

  14. Angouleme, France- Hoffman Estates Bingen, Germany- Tinley Park Canterbury, England- Bloomington/Normal Capri, Italy- Carol Stream Capurso, Italy- Schiller Park Clonmel, Ireland, Friedrichshafen, Germany- Peoria County Down, Northern Ireland- Glenview Cremona, Italy- Des Plaines Diegem, Belgium- Northbrook Ferrara Province, Italy- Lake County Ferrari, Italy- Highland Park Fontenay-le-Comte, France- Palatine Frosinone, Italy- Elmwood Park Galva, Sweden- Galva Gedern, Germany- Columbia Gross-Bieberau, Germany- Millstadt Hamburg, Germany- Lake Park High School Herford, Germany- Quincy Herzberg, Germany- Dixon Holzerlingen, Germany- Crystal Lake Kinver, England- Park Ridge Leixlip, Ireland, Friedrichshafen, Germany, Naphion, Greece, Pisa, Italy- Niles Ludinghausen, Germany- Deerfield Nittenau, Germany and Midlothian, Scotland- Lake Zurich Paderborn, Germany- Belleville Pamplona, Spain- Oak Park Porta Westfalica- Waterloo Rugeley, England- Western Springs San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy- Chicago Heights Schaumburg, Germany- Schaumburg Schwieberdingen, Germany and Vaux-le-Penil, France- Belvidere Seevetal, Germany- Decatur Sevres, France- Mt. Prospect Sursee, Switzerland- Highland Tamworth, England- De Kalb Taufkirchen, Germany- West Chicago Termine Imerese, Italy- Elk Grove Village Triggiona, Italy- Addison Weidhausen, Germany- Frankfort Wheaton-Aston, England, Karlskoga, Sweden- Wheaton ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office CITIES IN ILLINOIS WITH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS IN WESTERN EUROPE

  15. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office • CHICAGO SISTER CITIES WITHIN WESTERN EUROPE • Athens, Greece • Birmingham, England • Gothenburg, Sweden • Hamburg, Germany • Lucerne, Switzerland • Milan, Italy • Paris, France • FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: • Chicago Sister Cities International Program • Chicago Cultural Center • 78 E Washington Street, 4th Floor • Tel No: Fax No: • Natalie Campbell, Communications Manager • Email: natalie.campbell@cityofchicago.org

  16. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office OTI has organized and participated in CASE FDI and other relevant seminars as well as attend trade shows for FDI activity in the following locations in Western Europe: • CALENDAR YEAR 2005 * Lille (France) Ghent, Liege, Mons and Antwerp (Belgium) Leeds and Newcastle (UK) Madrid, Seville and Barcelona (ES) Stuttgart, Dresden and Duisburg (D) Stockholm (SE) • CALENDAR YEAR 2006 * London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow (UK) Istanbul (TR) Valencia, Santiago de Compostello, Vigo, Madrid and Barcelona (ES) Paderborn (NL) Boenen, Düsseldorf, Hanover (D) Lyon and Oyonnax (FR) Bergamo and Naples (IT) Emballage Trade Show (Packaging show in Paris) Hanover Fair, (Hanover, Germany) • CALENDAR YEAR 2007 Vienna and Linz, (A) London and Cardiff (UK), Neuss (D),) Sheffield Newcastle and Glasgow (UK) Rotterdam (NL), Madrid, Zaragoza and Valencia (ES) Paris (FR) London(UK) Medica Invest in America (Germany), The K Show (Plastics Germany) CeBit Trade show in Germany, Cosmopack Trade Show (Bologna, Italy) The Hanover Fair (Germany) Transport and Logistics Material Handling Show (Barcelona ES)) Transport Logistics (Munich –D) “State Focused-Globally Connected”

  17. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office The following Illinois-based organizations promote commercial activities with West Europe: *Midwest Danish American Chamber of Commerce * The North of England * Normandie Development * Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce * Scottish Development International * Swedish American Chamber of Commerce * Swedish Trade Council * Swiss Business Hub USA * Swiss American Business Council * Trade Commission of Spain * Austrian Trade Commission * Basque Trade Commission * Belgian Business Club of Chicago * British-American Business Council-Chicago * British Midlands * Dutch Chicago Business Exchange * Chicago/Ireland Business Development Association * Embassy for France Economic Mission * French-American Chamber of Commerce * IDA Ireland * International Business Wales * Invest in France Agency North America * Invest in Germany * Invest in Northern France * Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest * Italian Trade Commission * IVEX (Spain Trade Affairs)

  18. Austrian Trade Commission Franz Roessler, Trade Commissioner 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1950 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)644-5556 Chicago@austria.org Basque Trade Commission Aitor Sotes, Director 401 N Michigan Ave. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)840-8551 www.basquetc.com Belgian Business Club of Chicago 333 N. Michigan Ave. Rm. 531 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)251-0622 vlev.chicago@ibm.net British-American Business Council of Chicago Chris Brenkus, Executive Director 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 411 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)828-9861 www.babc.org British Midlands, Midwest Region Vern Sebby 20 N. Wacker Dr. Suite 930 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)321-0217 www.thebritishmidlands.com Chicago/Ireland Business Development Association John Brennin Larkin, Chairman 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)915-2291 ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  19. Dutch Chicago Business Exchange of the Netherland-America Foundation Mr. Cor Hersbach 303 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (877)388-2443 cw.hersbach@minbuza.nl Embassy for France Economic Mission Arnaud Leretour, Economic and Commercial Counselor 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3730 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)327-5252 olivier.vasserot@dree.org French-American Chamber of Commerce Genevieve Gandal, Director 33 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 670 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)578-0044 ggandal@facc.chicago.com German-American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Gerd M. Doepner, President and CEO 401 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3330 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)644-2662 roehr@techinter.com IDA Ireland Rose Whitehorne 75 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)236-0222 rose.whitehorne@ida.ie Invest in France Agency North America George Ucko, Vice president 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3750 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)628-1054 www.ifana.org ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  20. Invest in Germany Kenneth W. Bremer, U.S. Representative, U.S. Region 200 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Floor Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)596-8503 www.invest-in-germany.de/en Invest in Northern France 875 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3214 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)255-1000 info@locatenorthfrance.com Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest Fulvio Calcinardi, Executive Director 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 506 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)553-9137 info.chicago@italchambers.net Italian Trade Commission Pasquale Bova, Trade Commissioner 401 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3030 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)670-4360 www.italtrade.com/countries/americas/usa/chicago.htm IVEX (Valencia, Spain Trade Affairs) Ruben M. Hernandez Tel (312)467-2931 rhernandez@ivex.chicago.com Midwest Danish American Chamber of Commerce Logan Langballe, President 1494 Ashbury Ave. Winnetka, IL 60093 Tel (312)787-8780 loganfood@aol.com ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  21. The North of England Juan-Carlos Jeffrey, Vice President 444 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3350 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)379-5380 chicago@northengland.com Normandie Development Cristophe Caron, Director of North America 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3740 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)377-8131 ccaron@normandydev.com Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest-Chicago Chapter Myrna Pederson, President P.O. Box 964 Arlington Heights, IL 60006 Tel (312)943-0154 http://www.nacc.no/ Scottish Development International, USA-Central Region Ian MacMahon, Vice President 1020 31st St. Suite 130 Downers Grove, IL 60515 Tel (630)968-6555 investment@scotent.co.uk Swedish American Chamber of Commerce Pia Wennerth, Executive Administrator 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)781-6234 sacc-chi@sacc-usa.org Swedish Trade Council Stefan Bergstrom, Trade Commissioner 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)781-6222 Jonas.stahlbage@swedishtrade.se ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  22. Swiss Business Hub USA Dr. Martin von Walterskirchen, Director737 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2301 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)915-0061 Claudine@swissbusinesshub.org Swiss-American Business Council Andre C. Frieden, Chairman & Executive Director P.O. Box 641724 Chicago, IL 60601 afrieden@safoundation.org Trade Commission of Spain Enrique Alejo, Trade Commissioner 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)644-1154 igonzalez@mcx.es ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  23. Western European General Consulates

  24. Consulate General of Austria Hon. Robert Zischg, Consul General 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 707 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)222-1515 http://www.aussenministerium.at/view.php3?r_id=2905&LNG=en&version= Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Belgium Hon. Paul M. Van Halteren, Honorary Consul 1713 W. Beach Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 Tel (847)871-6670 paulvanhalteren@sbcglobal.net The Royal Danish Consulate General Hon. Mads Mikkelsen, Consul General 211 E. Ontario St. Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)787-8780 http://www.consulatedk.org/ Consulate General of France Hon. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere, Consul General 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3700 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)327-5200 http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/ Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Hon. Wolfgang Drautz, Consul General 676 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3200 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)202-0480 http://www.germany-info.org/ Consulate General of Greece Hon. Aliki Hadjis, Consul General 650 N. Saint Clair St. Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)335-3915 http://www.greekembassy.org/chicago ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  25. Consulate General of Ireland Hon. Sean Farrell, Consul General 400 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 911 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)337-1868 irishconsulate@sbcglobal.net Consulate General of Italy Hon. Eugenio Sgro, Consul General 500 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1850 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)467-1550 www.italconschicago.org/ Honorary Consulate General of Luxembourg Hon. Donald John Hansen, Honorary Consul General 1417 Braburn Court Wheeling, IL 60090 Tel (847)520-5995 www.luxembourgconsulate.org/ Consulate General of the Netherlands Hon. Dirk Willem Schiff, Consul General 303 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)856-0110 chi@minbuza.nl Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General Hon. Paul S. Anderson, Honorary Consul General 300 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)377-5050 http://www.norway.org/ Honorary Consulate of Portugal Hon. Nelson De Castro, Honorary Consul 71 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2930 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)777-3511 cpchicago@sbcglobal.net ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  26. Consulate General of Spain Hon. Francisco J. Viqueira, Consul General 180 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60604 Tel (312)782-4588 http://www.consulate/spain/chicago.com Honorary Consulate General of Sweden Hon. Kerstin B. Lane, Honorary Consul General 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)781-6262 http://www.swedenchicago.com/ Consulate General of Switzerland Hon. Hermann Buff, Consul General 737 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2301 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)915-0061 www.eda.admin.ny/newyork_cg/e/home.html Consulate General of the United Kingdom Hon. Andrew James Seaton 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)970-3800 www.britainusa.com/consular/chicago ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office

  27. West Europe Country Profiles Specific country figures and contact information

  28. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office AUSTRIA – Country Profile • Capital: Vienna • Population: 8,199,783 • GDP: $283.8 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Austria were $88,491,579 million, an increase of 60.25% from 2005’s $55,219,948 million. Leading Illinois exports to Bulgaria include: * Transportation Equipment - $19,044,612 * Computer and electronic products - $9,502,059 * Machinery - $8,571,330 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $8,370,733 * Manufactured Commodities - $2,514,351 Consulate General of Austria Hon. Robert Zischg, Consul General 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 707 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)222-1515 Important Industries: construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, and tourism

  29. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office BELGIUM – Country Profile • Capital: Brussels • Population: 10,392,226 • GDP: $342.8 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Belgium were $1,510,310,389 billion, an increase of 15.03% from 2005’s $1,312,929,432 billion. Leading Illinois exports to Belgium include: * Machinery - $687,012,610 * Chemicals - $116,538,277 * Transportation Equipment - $96,859,790 * Electrical Equipment/Appliance and Components – 92,431,778 * Manufactured Commodities - $70,856,062 Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Belgium Hon. Paul M. Van Halteren, Honorary Consul 1713 W. Beach Ave. Chicago, IL 60622 Tel (847)871-6670 Important Industries: engineering and metal products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation equipment, scientific instruments, processed food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals, textiles, glass, and petroleum

  30. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office DENMARK – Country Profile • Capital: Copenhagen • Population: 5,468,120 • GDP: $201.5 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Denmark were $135,796,555 million, an increase of 18.24% from 2005’s $114,852,476 million. Leading Illinois exports to Denmark include: * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $30,556,162 * Computer and electronic products - $25,238,552 * Machinery - $18,912,901 * Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities – 18,516,399 * Transportation equipment - $13,757,430 The Royal Danish Consulate General Hon. Mads Mikkelsen, Consul General 211 E. Ontario St. Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)787-8780 Important Industries: iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment

  31. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office FRANCE – Country Profile • Capital: Paris • Population: 63,713,926 • GDP: $1.891 Trillion • In 2006, Illinois exports to France were $1,055,812,591 billion, a increase of 26.51% from 2005’s $834,554,548 million. Leading Illinois exports to France include: * Machinery - $203,249,927 * Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities - $201,173,181 * Chemicals - $179,982,264 * Transportation Equipment - $127,650,327 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $125,184,463 Consulate General of France Hon. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere, Consul General 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3700 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)327-5200 Important Industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; and tourism

  32. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office IRELAND – Country Profile • Capital: Dublin • Population: 4,109,086 • GDP: $180.7 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Ireland were $227,776,668 million, an increase of 85.14% from 2005’s $123,031,095 million. Leading Illinois exports to Ireland include: * Chemicals – $64,981,953 * Food and Kindred Products - $54,752,379 * Computer and Electronic Products - $28,786,634 * Machinery - $27,771,280 * Transportation Equipment - $11,668,914 Consulate General of Ireland Hon. Sean Farrell, Consul General 400 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 911 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)337-1868 Important Industries: steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and gypsum mining processing; food products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, rail transportation equipment, passenger and commercial vehicles, ship construction and refurbishment; glass and crystal; software, and tourism

  33. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office GERMANY – Country Profile • Capital: Berlin • Population: 82,400,996 • GDP: $2.63 Trillion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Germany were $2,027,781,569 billion, a increase of 13.84% from 2005’s $1,781,333,415 billion. Leading Illinois exports to Germany include: * Chemicals - $478,886,973 * Machinery - $419,443,894 * Computer and Electronic Products - $342,958,419 * Transportation Equipment - $262,306,679 * Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities - $159,205,667 Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Hon. Wolfgang Drautz, Consul General 676 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3200 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)202-0480 Important Industries: among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, and textiles

  34. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office GREAT BRITAIN – Country Profile • Capital: London • Population: 60.776.238 • GDP: $1.93 Trillion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Great Britain were $2,284,226926 billion, an increase of 23.38% from 2005’s $1,851,374,059 billion. Leading Illinois exports to Britain include: * Chemicals - $709,811,822 * Machinery - $504,471,946 * Computer and Electronic Products - $328,146,141 * Transportation Equipment - $189,126,272 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $162,741,771 Consulate General of the United Kingdom Hon. Andrew James Seaton 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)970-3800 Important Industries: machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods

  35. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office GREECE – Country Profile • Capital: Athens • Population: 10,706,290 • GDP: $256.3 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Greece were $54,644,683 million, an increase of 40.06% from 2005’s $39,015,828 million. Leading Illinois exports to Greece include: * Transportation Equipment – $16,183,969 * Machinery - $13,024,314 * Computer and Electrical Products - $8,282,999 * Agricultural Products - $5,252,235 * Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities - $3,246,810 Consulate General of Greece Hon. Aliki Hadjis, Consul General 650 N. Saint Clair St. Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)335-3915 Important Industries: tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products; mining, and petroleum

  36. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office ITALY – Country Profile • Capital: Rome • Population: 58,147,773 • GDP: $1.756 Trillion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Italy were $440,362,813 million, an increase of 18.59% from 2005’s $371,318,163 million. Leading Illinois exports to Italy include: * Machinery - $137,176,985 *Transportation Equipment - $72,895,886 * Computer and Electronic Products - $64,578,946 * Waste and Scrap - $35,071,722 *Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $28,734,229 Consulate General of Italy Hon. Eugenio Sgro, Consul General 500 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1850 Chicago, IL 60611 Tel (312)467-1550 Important Industries: tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, and ceramics

  37. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office LUXEMBOURG – Country Profile • Capital: Luxembourg • Population: 480,222 • GDP: $33.87 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Luxembourg were $3,432,412 million, an increase of 334.64% from 2005’s $789,718 thousand. Leading Illinois exports to Luxembourg include: * Transportation Equipment - $1,225,527 * Computer and electronic products - $918,979 * Machinery - $455,712 * Printing, Publishing, and Similar Products - $334,580 * Food and Kindred Products - $289,556 Honorary Consulate General of Luxembourg Hon. Donald John Hansen, Honorary Consul General 1417 Braburn Court Wheeling, IL 60090 Tel (847)520-5995 Important Industries: banking and financial services, iron and steel, information technology, telecommunications, cargo transportation, food processing, chemicals, metal products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum, tourism

  38. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office NETHERLANDS – Country Profile • Capital: Amsterdam • Population: 16,570,613 • GDP: $529.1 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Netherlands were $1,332,737,430 billion, an increase of 7.82% from 2005’s $1,236,029,743million. Leading Illinois exports to Netherlands include: * Chemicals - $453,019,891 *Computer and Electronic Products - $255,9448,199 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $172,440,274 * Transportation Equipment – $155,972,069 * Machinery - $105,411,519 Consulate General of the Netherlands Hon. Dirk Willem Schiff, Consul General 303 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)856-0110 Important Industry: agro industries, metal and engineering products, electrical machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction, microelectronics, and fishing

  39. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office NORWAY – Country Profile • Capital: Oslo • Population: 4,627,926 • GDP: $213.6 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Norway were $85,736,474 million, an increase of 24.22% from 2005’s $69,017,475 million. Leading exports to Norway were: * Machinery - $39,653,559 * Computer and Electronic Products - $10,943,434 * Nonmetallic Mineral products - $8,629,489 * Transportation Equipment - $7,049,952 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $4,287,967 Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General Hon. Paul S. Anderson, Honorary Consul General 300 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1220 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)377-5050 Important Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, and fishing

  40. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office PORTUGAL – Country Profiles • Capital: Lisbon • Population: 10,642,836 • GDP: $210.1 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Portugal were $25,413,385 million, an increase of 1.42% from 2005’s $25,058,635 million. Leading Illinois exports to Portugal include: * Fabricated and metal products - $2,196,336 * Computer and electronic products - $1,329,696 * Machinery - $1,269,960 * Food and kindred products - $510,518 * Transportation equipment - $311,449 Honorary Consulate of Portugal Hon. Nelson De Castro, Honorary Consul 71 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2930 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel (312)777-3511 Important Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork; metals and metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; rubber and plastic products; ceramics; electronics and communications equipment; rail transportation equipment; aerospace equipment; ship construction and refurbishment; wine; and tourism

  41. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office SPAIN – Country Profiles • Capital: Madrid • Population: 40,448,191 • GDP: $1.109 Trillion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Spain were $418,201,509 million, an increase of 49.42% from 2005’s $279,768,071 million. Leading Illinois exports to Spain include: * Machinery - $164,164,660 *Transportation Equipment - $76,138,359 * Computer and Electronic Products - $39,207,500 * Miscellaneous Manufactured Products - $25,165,768 * Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $24,442,367 Consulate General of Spain Hon. Francisco J. Viqueira, Consul General 180 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60604 Tel (312)782-4588 Important Industries: textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment

  42. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office SWEDEN – Country Profile • Capital: Stockholm • Population: 9,031,088 • GDP: $290.6 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Sweden were $158,510,792 million, an increase of 47.11% from 2005’s $107,750,650 million. Leading Illinois exports to Sweden include: *Machinery - $60,885,450 * Waste and Scrap - $27,629,396 * Computer and Electronic Products - $23,440,035 * Transportation Equipment – $10,008,981 *Electrical Equipment/Appliances and Components - $9,439,110 Honorary Consulate General of Sweden Hon. Kerstin B. Lane, Honorary Consul General 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)781-6262 Important Industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, and motor vehicles

  43. ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT State of Illinois – West European Office SWITZERLAND – Country Profile • Capital: Bern • Population: 7,507,000 • GDP: $264.1 Billion • In 2006, Illinois exports to Switzerland were $247,551,147 million, an increase of 38.10% from 2005’s $6,717,827 million. Leading Illinois exports to Switzerland include: * Chemicals - $104,743,337 * Computer and electronic products - $27,430,377 * Transportation Equipment - $25,246,892 * Machinery - $24,394,222 * Electrical Equipment/Appliance and Components - $16,262,422 Consulate General of Switzerland Hon. Hermann Buff, Consul General 737 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2301 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel (312)915-0061 Important Industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance

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