partners—US, Western Europe, GDR, Japan
_#_Imports: $764 million (c.i.f., 1989 est.), including aid;
commodities—food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum;
partners—US, Western Europe, USSR
_#_External debt: $5.1 billion (1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1989 est.)
_#_Electricity: 2,265,000 kW capacity; 1,740 million kWh produced, 120 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), petroleum products, textiles, nonmetallic mineral products (cement, glass, asbestos), tobacco
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 90% of the labor force, 50% of GDP, and about 90% of exports; cash crops—cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, shrimp; other crops—cassava, corn, rice, tropical fruits; not self-sufficient in food
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $350 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $3.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $37 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $890 million