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Indian Ocean Economy 2015
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SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Indian Ocean Economy 2015
SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Economy - overview:
The Indian Ocean provides major sea routes connecting the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia with Europe and the Americas. It carries a particularly heavy traffic of petroleum and petroleum products from the oilfields of the Persian Gulf and Indonesia. Its fish are of great and growing importance to the bordering countries for domestic consumption and export. Fishing fleets from Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan also exploit the Indian Ocean, mainly for shrimp and tuna. Large reserves of hydrocarbons are being tapped in the offshore areas of Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, and western Australia. An estimated 40% of the world's offshore oil production comes from the Indian Ocean. Beach sands rich in heavy minerals and offshore placer deposits are actively exploited by bordering countries, particularly India, South Africa, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.


NOTE: The information regarding Indian Ocean on this page is re-published from the 2015 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Indian Ocean Economy 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Indian Ocean Economy 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.




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