Illinois Office of Trade and Investment State Focused Globally Connected

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Illinois Office of Trade and Investment State
Focused Globally Connected
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity

• Warren Ribley Patrick
  Quinn
• Director Governor
  
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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_at_illinoistrade.org
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CONTENTS

• Market Territory

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Western Europe and the OTI BRUSSELS OFFICE
ESTABLISHED IN 1968

• Market Facts, Figures, and Trade and Investment
  Activities

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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 2005s 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

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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 Dusseldorf, Germany (November 2006)
• Seven Illinois medical companies
  accompanied the OTI
• staff to Medica 06, the worlds
  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 meeting with matched
  companies. The OTI staff held
• FDI seminars, introducing foreign
  investors to the commercial
• opportunities that await in
  Illinois.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Illinois Trade Mission to Medica 05 Trade Show
  in Dusseldorf, Germany (June 2005)
• Ten Illinois medical companies
  accompanied the OTI
• staff to Medica 05, the worlds
  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
  Dusseldorf, 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
  meeting with firms from
• Europe in the same industry, All
  firms who attended rated their
• their experience as very satisfying
  and a reported 97 leads were
• obtained between the six companies.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• OTI has organized and participated in CASE FDI
  seminars and attended 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) Instanbul (TR) Valencia, Santiagio
• del Compostela, Vigo Madrid and Barcelona
  (ES) Paderborn, Boenen, Düsseldorf and
• Hannover (D) Lyon and Oyannax (FR) Bergamo
  and Naples (IT) Emballage Trade Show
• (Packaging show in Paris) Hannover Fair,
  (Hannover, Germany)
• CALENDAR YEAR 2007
• Completed to date (March 31st)
• Vienna and Linz, (A) London and Cardiff (UK),
  Neuss (D), CeBit Trade show in Germany
• Future activities
• Cosmopack Trade Show (Bologna, Italy) The
  Hannover Fair (Germany) Sheffield
• Newcastle and Glasgow (UK) Amsterdam (NL),
  Madrid, Zaragoza and Valencia (ES)

State Focused-Globally Connected
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
SAMPLES OF FOREIGN SMES IN ILLINOIS ASSISTED AND
ENTICED BY THIS OFFICE TO SET UP THEIR US
OPERATION AND CHOOSE ILLINOIS AS THEIR PREFERED
LOCATION AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
WITHOUT DIRECT ASSISTANCE BUT PARENT COMPANY HAS
MEANWHILE BEEN MET AND AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE IF
NEEDED.
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DENMARK
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREAT BRTAIN
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ITALY
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
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SAMPLES OF CONCRETE INVESTMENTS ASSISTED BY THIS
OFFICE
Coster USA Inc, Elgin, IL 24,000 sq
ft
Liftting Gear USA Inc, Bridgeview, IL
20,000 sq ft
Mecalux USA Inc, Melrose Park, IL
400,000 sq ft,
Dynaco USA Inc, Nothbrook, IL
20,000 sq ft
Raven Antenna Systems Inc, Batavia, IL
60,000 sq ft
FKW USA Inc, Frankfort, IL 50,000 sq
ft
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
LARGE FOREIGN COMPANIES
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
CITIES IN ILLINOIS WITH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS
IN WESTERN EUROPE Addison Triggiona, Italy.
Belleville Paderborn, Germany. Belvidere
Schwieberdingen, Germany and Vaux-le-Penil,
France. Bloomington/Normal Canterbury,
England. Carol Stream Capri, Italy. Chicago
Heights San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy.
Columbia Gedern, Germany. Crystal Lake
Holzerlingen, Germany. Decatur Seevetal,
Germany. Deerfield - Ludinghausen, Germany. De
Kalb Tamworth, Engalnd. Des Plaines Cremona,
Italy. Dixon Herzberg, Germany. Elk Grove
Village Termine Immerse, Italy. Elmwood Park
Frosinone, Italy. Frankfort Weidhausen,
Germany. Galva Galva, Sweden. Glenview
County Down, Northern Ireland. Highland
Sursee, Switzerland. Highland Park Ferrar,
Italy. Hoffman Estates Angouleme, France.
Lake County Ferrara Provinace, Italy. Lake
Park High School Hamburg, Germany. Lake
Zurich Nittenau, Germany and Midlothian,
Scotland. Millstadt Gross-Bieberau, Germany.
Mt. Prospect Sevres, France. Niles Leixlip,
Ireland, Friedrichshafen, Germany, Naphion,
Greece, Pisa, Italy. Northbrook Diegem,
Belgium. Oak Park Pamplona, Spain. Palatine
Fontenay-le-Comte, France. Park Ridge Kinver,
England. Peoria Clonmel, Ireland
Freidrichshafen, Germany. Quincy Herford,
Germany. Schiller Park Capurso, Italy.
Schaumburg Schaumburg, Germany. Tinley park
Budigen, Germany. Waterloo Porta Westfalica.
West Chicago Taufkirchen, Germany. Western
Springs Rueley, Engalnd. Wheaton
Wheaton-Aston, England, Karlskoqa, Sweden.


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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
• Luncerne, 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 _at_cityofchicago.org

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• The following Illinois-based organizations
  promote commercial activities with West Europe
• 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
• 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)

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
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• British-American Business Council of Chicago
• Chris Brenkus, Executive Director
• 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 411
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• www.babc.org
• British Midlands, Midwest Region
• Vern Sebby
• 20 N. Wacker Dr. Suite 930
• Chicago, IL 60606
• Tel [phone]
• www.thebritishmidlands.com
• Chicago/Ireland Business Development Association
• John Brennin Larkin, Chairman
• 900 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1200

• Austrian Trade Commission
• Franz Roessler, Trade Commissioner
• 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1950
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• Chicago_at_austria.org
• Basque Trade Commission
• Aitor Sotes, Director
• 401 N Michigan Ave. Suite 1200
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• www.basquetc.com
• Belgian Business Club of Chicago
• 333 N. Michigan Ave. Rm. 531
• Chicago, IL 60601

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• German-American Chamber of Commerce of the
  Midwest
• Gerd M. Doepner, President and CEO
• 401 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3330
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• roehr_at_techinter.com
• IDA Ireland
• Rose Whitehorne
• 75 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 600
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• rose.whitehorne_at_ida.ie
• Invest in France Agency North America
• George Ucko, Vice president
• 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3750
• Chicago, IL 60601

• Dutch Chicago Business Exchange of the
  Netherland-America Foundation
• Mr. Cor Hersbach
• 303 E. Wacker Dr. Suite 2600
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• cw.hersbach_at_minbuza.nl
• Embassy for France Economic Mission
• Arnaud Leretour, Economic and Commercial
  Counselor
• 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3730
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• olivier.vasserot_at_dree.org
• French-American Chamber of Commerce
• Genevieve Gandal, Director
• 33 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 670
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Invest in Germany
• Kenneth W. Bremer, U.S. Representative, U.S.
  Region
• 200 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Floor
• Chicago, IL 60606
• Tel [phone]
• www.invest-in-germany.de/en
• Invest in Northern France
• 875 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3214
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• info_at_locatenorthfrance.com
• Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest
• Fulvio Calcinardi, Executive Director
• 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 506
• Chicago, IL 60611

• Italian Trade Commission
• Pasquale Bova, Trade Commissioner
• 401 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3030
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• www.italtrade.com/countries/americas/usa/chicago.
  htm
• IVEX (Valencia, Spain Trade Affairs)
• Ruben M. Hernandez
• Tel [phone]
• rhernandez_at_ivex.chicago.com
• Midwest Danish American Chamber of Commerce
• Logan Langballe, President
• 1494 Ashbury Ave.
• Winnetka, IL 60093

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Scottish Development International, USA-Central
  Region
• Ian MacMahon, Vice President
• 1020 31st St. Suite 130
• Downers Grove, IL 60515
• Tel [phone]
• investment_at_scotent.co.uk
• Swedish American Chamber of Commerce
• Pia Wennerth, Executive Administrator
• 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1200
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• sacc-chi_at_sacc-usa.org
• Swedish Trade Council
• Stefan Bergstrom, Trade Commissioner
• 150 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1200
• Chicago, IL 60601

• The North of England
• Juan-Carlos Jeffrey, Vice President
• 444 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3350
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• chicago_at_northengland.com
• Normandie Development
• Cristophe Caron, Director of North America
• 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3740
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• ccaron_at_normandydev.com
• Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce
  Midwest-Chicago Chapter
• Myrna Pederson, President
• P.O. Box 964

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Swiss Business Hub USA
• Dr. Martin von Walterskirchen, Director737 N.
  Michigan Ave. Suite 2301
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• Claudine_at_swissbusinesshub.org
• Swiss-American Business Council
• Andre C. Frieden, Chairman Executive Director
• P.O. Box 641724
• Chicago, IL 60601
• afrieden_at_safoundation.org
• Trade Commission of Spain
• Enrique Alejo, Trade Commissioner
• 500 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1500
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]

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West European General Consulates

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Consulate General of Austria
• Hon. Robert Zischg, Consul General
• 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 707
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• http//www.aussenministerium.at/view.php3?r_id29
  05LNGenversion
• Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Belgium
• Hon. Paul M. Van Halteren, Honorary Consul
• 1713 W. Beach Ave.
• Chicago, IL 60622
• Tel [phone]
• paulvanhalteren_at_sbcglobal.net
• The Royal Danish Consulate General
• Hon. Mads Mikkelsen, Consul General
• 211 E. Ontario St. Suite 1800
• Chicago, IL 60611

• Consulate General of France
• Hon. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere, Consul
  General
• 205 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3700
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• 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 [phone]
• http//www.germany-info.org/
• Consulate General of Greece
• Hon. Aliki Hadjis, Consul General
• 650 N. Saint Clair St.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

• Consulate General of Ireland
• Hon. Sean Farrell, Consul General
• 400 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 911
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• irishconsulate_at_sbcglobal.net
• Consulate General of Italy
• Hon. Eugenio Sgro, Consul General
• 500 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1850
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• www.italconschicago.org/
• Honorary Consulate General of Luxembourg
• Hon. Donald John Hansen, Honorary Consul General
• 1417 Braburn Court

• Consulate General of the Netherlands
• Hon. Dirk Willem Schiff, Consul General
• 303 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2600
• Chicago, IL 60601
• Tel [phone]
• chi_at_minbuza.nl
• Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate General
• Hon. Paul S. Anderson, Honorary Consul General
• 300 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 1220
• Chicago, IL 60606
• Tel [phone]
• http//www.norway.org/
• Honorary Consulate of Portugal
• Hon. Nelson De Castro, Honorary Consul
• 71 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2930

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State of Illinois West European Office

• Consulate General of the United Kingdom
• Hon. Andrew James Seaton
• 400 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1300
• Chicago, IL 60611
• Tel [phone]
• www.britainusa.com/consular/chicago

• Consulate General of Spain
• Hon. Francisco J. Viqueira, Consul General
• 180 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1500
• Chicago, IL 60604
• Tel [phone]
• 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 [phone]
• http//www.swedenchicago.com/
• Consulate General of Switzerland
• Hon. Hermann Buff, Consul General
• 737 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 2301

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Western Europe Country Profiles

• Specific country figures and contact information

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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries construction, machinery,
vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals,
lumber and wood processing, paper and
paperboard, communications equipment, and
tourism
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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 2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries engineering and metal
products, motor vehicle assembly, transportation
equipment, scientific instruments, processed
food and beverages, chemicals, basic metals,
textiles, glass, and petroleum
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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

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
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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 2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries machinery, chemicals,
automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics
textiles, food processing and tourism.
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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 2005s 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 [phone]

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.
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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 2005s 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 [phone]

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.
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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries tourism, machinery, iron
and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles,
motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, and
ceramics.
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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 2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industry agroindustries, metal and
engineering products, electrical machinery and
equipment, chemicals, petroleum, construction,
microelectronics, and fishing.
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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

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
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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries iron and steel, precision
equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts,
armaments), wood pulp and paper products,
processed foods, and motor vehicles.
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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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries machinery, chemicals,
watches, textiles, precision instruments,
tourism, banking, and insurance
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office GREECE
Country Profile
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT TRADE REPRESENTATION
IN ILLINOIS

• 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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries tourism, food and tobacco
processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products
mining, and petroleum.
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office IRELAND
Country Profile
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT TRADE REPRESENTATION
IN ILLINOIS

• 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
  2005s 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 [phone]

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.
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European
Office LUXEMBOURG Country Profile
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT TRADE REPRESENTATION
IN ILLINOIS

• 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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries banking and financial
services, iron and steel, information
technology, telecommunications, cargo
transportation, food processing, chemicals, metal
products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum,
tourism
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office NORWAY
Country Profile
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT TRADE REPRESENTATION
IN ILLINOIS

• 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
  2005s 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 [phone]

Important Industries petroleum and gas, food
processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper
products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining,
textiles, and fishing.
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office PORTUGAL
Country Profiles
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WITHOUT TRADE REPRESENTATION
IN ILLINOIS

• 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
  2005s 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 [phone]

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.