_#_Exports: $4.8 billion (f.o.b., FY90);

commodities—rice, cotton, textiles, clothing;

partners—EC 31%, Japan 11.6%, US 11.5% (FY89)

_#_Imports: $6.5 billion (f.o.b., FY90);

commodities—petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals;

partners—EC 26%, US 16%, Japan 14% (FY89)

_#_External debt: $20.1 billion (1990 est.)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate 7.5% (FY91 est.); accounts for almost 20% of GNP

_#_Electricity: 7,575,000 kW capacity; 29,300 million kWh produced, 270 kWh per capita (1989)

_#_Industries: textiles, food processing, beverages, petroleum products, construction materials, clothing, paper products, international finance, shrimp