_#_Industries: mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, machine building, food processing, petroleum
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 15% of GNP and 28% of labor force; major wheat and corn producer; other products—sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, milk, eggs, meat, grapes
_#_Economic aid: donor—$4.4 billion in bilateral aid to non-Communist less developed countries (1956-89)
_#_Currency: leu (plural—lei); 1 leu (L) = 100 bani
_#_Exchange rates: lei (L) per US$1—60.00 (June 1991), 22.432 (1990), 14.922 (1989), 14.277 (1988), 14.557 (1987), 16.153 (1986), 17.141 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 11,275 km total; 10,860 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 370 km narrow gauge, 45 km broad gauge; 3,411 km electrified, 3,060 km double track; government owned (1987)
_#_Highways: 72,799 km total; 15,762 km concrete, asphalt, stone block; 20,208 km asphalt treated; 27,729 km gravel, crushed stone, and other paved surfaces; 9,100 km unpaved roads (1985)
_#_Inland waterways: 1,724 km (1984)
_#_Pipelines: 2,800 km crude oil; 1,429 km refined products; 6,400 km natural gas