_#_Exports: $40.9 billion (f.o.b., 1990);

commodities—machinery and equipment, iron and steel, lumber, textiles, paper products, chemicals;

partners—EC 64.8%, EFTA 10.3%, CEMA 7.7%, US 3.2%, Japan 1.5%

_#_Imports: $46.6 billion (c.i.f., 1990);

commodities—petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, vehicles, chemicals, textiles and clothing, pharmaceuticals;

partners—EC 68.4%, EFTA 7%, CEMA 5.7%, Japan 4.6%, US 3.6%

_#_External debt: $11.8 billion (1990 est.)

_#_Industrial production: real growth rate 8.5% (1990); accounts for 34% of GDP

_#_Electricity: 17,562,000 kW capacity; 49,290 million kWh produced, 6,500 kWh per capita (1989)

_#_Industries: foods, iron and steel, machines, textiles, chemicals, electrical, paper and pulp, tourism, mining