NGlobal Magazin 01-2010

Niedersachsen Global www.nglobal.de 07 Within 15 hours by train, 12 hours by truck or 1,5 hours by plane you can reach cities like London, Paris, Amsterdam, Bern, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Oslo or Stockholm Niedersachsen Inhabitants: 8 million Area: 47,624 km² Capital: Hannover Within 30 hours by train, 24 hours by truck or 3 hours by plane you can reach cities like Dublin, Madrid, Rome, Bukarest, Riga, St. Petersburg or Helsinki 214 billion euros GDP; 3,662,400 employees 202,397,700,000 euros: turnover of the 10 biggest companies Volkswagen 113.8 bn euros TUI 24,9 bn euros Continental 24,2 bn euros Salzgitter 12.5 bn euros Agravis 5.8 bn euros EWE 5.5 bn euros MGL 5.0 bn euros E.ON Avacon 3.8 bn euros hagebau 3.7 bn euros Georgsmarienhütte 3.3 bn euros Economy (2009) Exports Imports Map Five out of the ten biggest exhibitions in the world take place in Hannover. Deutsche Messe occupies the leading position in the global trade fair business. worth of 76,729,000,000 euros (2008) And the most important trade partners (shares/2008) Russia (3.2%) USA (3.0%) Austria (3.9%) Mexico (3.0%) Poland (4.2%) Italy (3.9%) Belgium (4.6%) Belgium (4.2%) Spain (5.0%) China (4.5%) Italy (5.7%) UK (4.8%) USA (6.9%) Poland (5.4%) UK (7.4%) France (5.4%) France (9.3%) Netherlands (10.3%) Netherlands (9.7%) Norway (20.0%) worth of 74,797,000,000 euros (2008) Trade Fairs Sources: Nord/LB, Statistisches Landesamt