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The name Country Club Park refers to the area's previous use. In 1897, The Los Angeles Golf Club established a 9-hole course called the Windmill Links at Pico and Alvarado Street. Overcrowding inspired the organizers to move west and in 1899, the club moved to the corner of Pico and Western (the area that is now Country Club Park).
This is a list of countries by net goods exports, also known as balance of trade, which is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period. [1] The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1 .
Exports of goods and services (US$ million) by country [1]; Country Exports Year Top goods export (2021) [2] [needs update] China 3,711,248 2024 Broadcasting equipment United States
Merchandise exports are goods that are produced in one country and sold to another country. Only physical objects are counting under this kind of exports. For example, cars, clothing, machinery, and agricultural products are merchandise exports. Exports of services are excluded.
While agriculture is the major economic land-use activity in many Caribbean countries, agriculture accounts for a declining percentage of most islands' GDP. However, unlike many developed countries, this trend may be accounted for by a growing tertiary sector , as opposed to industrial growth, except for Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico.
The economy of Jamaica is heavily reliant on services, accounting for 71% of the country's GDP. [16] Jamaica has natural resources and a climate conducive to agriculture and tourism. The discovery of bauxite in the 1940s and the subsequent establishment of the bauxite-alumina industry shifted Jamaica's economy from sugar, and bananas. [17]
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Jamaica is an upper-middle-income country [15] with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. [20] Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, with power vested in the bicameral Parliament of Jamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly elected House of Representatives. [9]