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Atlantic Ocean Economy 2013

SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

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Page last updated on November 15, 2012

Economy - overview:
The Atlantic Ocean provides some of the world's most heavily trafficked sea routes, between and within the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Other economic activity includes the exploitation of natural resources, e.g., fishing, dredging of aragonite sands (The Bahamas), and production of crude oil and natural gas (Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Sea).

NOTE: 1) The information regarding Atlantic Ocean on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Atlantic Ocean Economy 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Atlantic Ocean Economy 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
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  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order

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