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Economy

Imports include grain and other foodstuffs, wood, non-ferrous metals, and textile fibres. Manufactured goods include pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, food and flour, and rubber products. To augment Liverpool's extensive dock areas, important new facilities were constructed in the 1970s outside the city limits. Motor-vehicle manufacturing and oil refining are also located on the periphery of the metropolitan area. There has been considerable industrial redevelopment: a number of industrial estates, including Knowsley Industrial Park, which is one of Europe's largest, has been established.