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The main areas of
study are the overlapping regions surrounding the Europe’s
seas, including some non littoral countries. The accompanying information on
population and Gross National Income (GNI) dates from 2009.
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| Baltic Sea |
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Population – c.304 million
Average
GNI per capita (international $)- $28.000
Share in
global GNI – 12%
Share of world exports – 16.3%
Exports to EU – 64.5%
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
Northern Germany (Hansestadt Hamburg,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein), Northern Poland (Pomorskie,
Warminsko-Mazurskie and Zachodnio-Pomorskie), Russia's
Northwestern region including Kaliningrad and nearby
Belarus.
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Figures include the whole of Germany,
Poland and Russia
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| Black Sea |
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Population – c.323 million
Average
GNI per capita (international $) - $11.500
Share in global GNI – 4.6%
Share of
world exports – 4.4%
Exports to EU – 49.3%
Turkey, Georgia, Russia,
Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria
as well as nearby countries Greece,
Moldova, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Caspian Sea
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Population – c.354 million
Average GNI per capita (international $) - $9.000
Share in global GNI – 4.3%
Share of
world exports – 4.5%
Exports to EU – 33.8%
Iran, Azerbaijan,
Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
and the nearby countries, Georgia,
Armenia, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
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Mediterranean
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Population – c.470 million
Average GNI per capita (international $) - $17.000
Share in global GNI – 14%
Share of
world exports – 11.7%
Exports to EU – 55.3%
Spain,
France, Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania,
Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco, Malta and Cyprus.
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The bulk of the empirical and analytical work is organised in five areas of research or topics:
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