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					Estonia
		Population: 1.5 million (July 1996)		Area: 45,100 sq. km.			Capital: Tallin
		Other cities:		Language: Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, other			Religions: Lutheran, Orthodox Christian

Economy and Economic Data
	GDP per capita: $7,600 (1995) Currency: kroon; EEK 14.40 = $1 (August 1997) Average wage: Major industries: oil shale, shipbuilding, phosphates, electric motors, excavators, cement, furniture, textiles, paper, shoes, apparel Agriculture: potatoes, fruits, vegetables, livestock, dairy products, fish Natural resources: shale oil, peat, phosphorite, amber Government Head of State: President Lennart Meri Prime Minister: Mart Siimann (Coalition Party) Parliament: One house parliament (Riigikogu), chooses prime minister, approves cabinet Elections: Last held March 1995, next elections due 1999

Treaties and Agreements in Force

European Union: (applicant)

OECD: no

Central European Free Trade Agreement: no

World Trade Organization: (applicant)

EFTA:

Most-Favored-Nation status with United States: yes

International environmental agreements: Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ship Pollution

Recent Policy Develoments in Estonia

Articles related to Estonia in the East/West Letter

Links to other Estonia-related web sites

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