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RQ #207: Australia's trading partners
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Calvin
Jan 13, 2016, 6:48:11 PM1/13/16
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What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
Good luck!
cheers,
calvin
Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
Good luck!
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Jan 14, 2016, 1:39:31 AM1/14/16
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"Calvin":
I'll guess:
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kuwait
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Taiwan
UK
USA
Vietnam
and be happy if I have better than 5-6 right.
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m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
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> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670
> billion p.a.
Well, at least it wasn't cricket.
> billion p.a.
I'll guess:
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Kuwait
Mexico
New Zealand
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Taiwan
UK
USA
Vietnam
and be happy if I have better than 5-6 right.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | I am a mathematician, sir. I never permit myself
m...@vex.net | to think. --Stuart Mills (Carr: The Three Coffins)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 14, 2016, 5:19:53 AM1/14/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670
> billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU
> dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department
> of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list
> of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect
> countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by
> earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
>
New Zealand
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670
> billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU
> dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department
> of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list
> of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect
> countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by
> earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
>
USA
United Kingdom
China
Japan
Indonesia
Germany
Singapore
Malaysia
India
Taiwan
Phillipines
Vietnam
France
Saudi-Arabia
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Dan Tilque
Jan 14, 2016, 5:20:08 AM1/14/16
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Calvin wrote:
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
1. China (who is on pretty much every country's list)
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
2. USA (ditto)
3. Japan
4. New Zealand
5. UK
6. Indonesia
7. India
8. Singapore
9. Malaysia
10. Germany
11. Vietnam
12. Taiwan
13. Bangladesh
14. South Korea
15. France
--
Dan Tilque
Dan Blum
Jan 14, 2016, 9:50:52 AM1/14/16
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
Japan
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
Papua New Guinea
Malaysia
Indonesia
China
Taiwan
South Korea
New Zealand
Thailand
Vietnam
India
USA
Singapore
Laos
Bangladesh
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Peter Smyth
Jan 14, 2016, 4:42:36 PM1/14/16
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USA
New Zealand
Japan
China
France
Germany
South Korea
Brazil
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Russia
Spain
Canada
Peter Smyth
Marc Dashevsky
Jan 15, 2016, 3:13:52 AM1/15/16
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In article <88d93d9d-7615-4ae0...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
Vietnam
Indonesia
Philippines
India
South Korea
U.S.A.
Canada
U.K.
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Germany
Russia
France
Brazil
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
China
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
Vietnam
Indonesia
Philippines
India
South Korea
U.S.A.
Canada
U.K.
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Germany
Russia
France
Brazil
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin
Jan 20, 2016, 6:03:57 PM1/20/16
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On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 9:48:11 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
The link night be easier in case the table doesn't format well.
> What Ho! rgt-ers, and welcome to RQ207.
>
> Australia's total trade with foreign countries totals some AU $670 billion p.a. You task is to nominate our top 15 trade partners (in AU dollar terms, goods and services, imports and exports) as per Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data for 2013/14. So just provide a list of up to 15 countries. There will be no penalty for any incorrect countries included on your lists. Tie breaker (if required) will be by earlier entry date. You have a week or so to enter.
http://tinyurl.com/n9s7rc7
Rank 2013-14 % share of total
1 China 159,643 23.9
2 Japan 72,173 10.8
3 United States 58,196 8.7
4 Republic of Korea 34,589 5.2
5 Singapore 29,510 4.4
6 New Zealand 22,689 3.4
7 United Kingdom 20,289 3
8 Malaysia 19,887 3
9 Thailand 18,837 2.8
10 Germany 16,820 2.5
11 Indonesia 15,970 2.4
12 India 14,762 2.2
13 Taiwan 12,549 1.9
14 Vietnam 9,232 1.4
15 United Arab Emirates 8,707 1.3
The interesting thing for me is how few EU countries are on the list. UAE surprised me and all of you as well obviously. I guess it's mostly oil one way and education the other. Philippines and Saudi Arabia were the most popular wrong answers.
SCORES
Mark Peter Erland Dan T Dan B Marc TOTAL
China 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Japan 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
USA 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
S Korea 1 1 0 1 1 1 5
Sing. 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
NZ 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
UK 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
Malay. 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
Thail. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Germany 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
Indon. 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
India 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Taiwan 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
Viet. 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
UAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 10 12 13 12 8 65
Congratulations Dan T. RQ #208 is all yours to work your evil :-)
cheers,
calvin
Dan Tilque
Jan 20, 2016, 8:43:35 PM1/20/16
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Calvin wrote:
>
> Congratulations Dan T. RQ #208 is all yours to work your evil :-)
Thank you. Kind of amazed I got 13 out of 15.
>
> Congratulations Dan T. RQ #208 is all yours to work your evil :-)
Unlike most previous times I've won this, I have an idea for the next
RQ, so expect it soon.
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Dan Tilque
Erland Sommarskog
Jan 21, 2016, 3:02:42 AM1/21/16
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> The interesting thing for me is how few EU countries are on the list.
As they say "business is local". It seems that most entrants understood
> The interesting thing for me is how few EU countries are on the list.
this. It irks me that I failed to consider South Korea.
UAE? Who would have known. Well, at least it renders the guess of Saudi
Arabia reasonable...
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