Global Network Portugal

President: Filipe Carrera, info@filipecarrera.com

Steering Committee Members:

António Mão-de-Ferro, antoniomaodeferro@astdportugal.com

Maria de Lurdes Calisto, lcalisto@vizzavi.pt

About Portugal

National name: Republica Portuguesa

Language: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (locally)

Capital: Lisbon

Government type: Parliamentary democracy

National holiday: Portugal Day, 10 June (1580)

Currency: Euro

Area: 35,672 sq. mile (92,391 sq. km)

Population: (2005 est.) 10,566,212

Population density: per sq. mile: 296

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16.6 %
15-64 years: 66.3%
65 years and over: 17.1%

Median age:
total: 38.2 years
male: 36.06 years
female: 40.22 years (2005 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $188.7 billion; per capita $17,900

Labor force: 5.48 million; services 60%, industry 30%, agriculture 10% (1999 est.)

Natural resources: fish, forests (cork) tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower

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; tourism

Exports: $37.68 billion f.o.b.(2004 est.)

Exports commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, chemicals, cork and paper products, hides

Imports: $52.1 billion f.o.b.( 2004 est.)

Imports commodities: machinery and transport equipment, chemical, petroleum, textiles, agricultural products