Let's Play 'Guess the Country from their exports'

[Simfan34]

I'm actually going to guess that it's your country-- Ireland, that is-- if only because there are a few pharmaceutical and medical device companies with their local headquarters in my town and I know that they have a considerable presence in Ireland (which I learnt, interestingly enough, when I was soliciting local companies for donations to my Eagle Scout project).

I wish I had seen the first one-- I could have guessed that off the bat.

EDIT: Looks like I've already been beat to it...

[Simfan34]

Oil, gold and a lot of nuts ... Ghana?

Nah, you'd see cocoa if it was. I have no clue.

Argentina?

[Simfan34]

Venezuela is going to be one of those 98% oil export countries.

[Simfan34]

Argentina?

Although Argentina has been a net beef-importer at some point in the recent past, I would still expect beef to be a relevant part of Argentina's exports.

Wine-growing basically leaves four regions:
Chile: maybe?
South Africa: plausible
Australia: no aluminium and bauxit, therefore no
Wider Mediterranean and Middle East: there are few countries, that at the same time have oil and are not observant Muslims. As already mentioned, Cyprus comes to mind. Azerbaijan? Russia??

Guess what? I'm going with Turkmenistan...

oil too high and wine too low for Chile and SA, I'm plumping for Angola completely arbitrarily

Angola is also one of those 98% oil countries. Tip: if a country is known for exporting oil, all it exports is oil.

[Simfan34]

Laos.

They've been attempting to make the most of their sublime insignificance and become the "water tower of Asia" by exporting hydropower to China and other neighbors with growing economies. I sometimes worry Ethiopia will end up going down the same path, considering the vast (in relative) sums of money it is currently spending on building dams, whose power generation capabilities are being touted not so much for industrialisation or electrification as they for for their foreign-exchange generation potential from export.