_#_Imports: $19.2 billion (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
commodities—manufactured goods, transportation equipment, construction materials, processed food products;
partners—UK 17%, US 15%, Japan 12%, FRG 6%
_#_External debt: $18.9 billion (December 1989 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 1.1% (1989 est.); accounts for 37% of GDP, including petroleum
_#_Electricity: 25,205,000 kW capacity; 50,500 million kWh produced, 2,950 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: crude oil production, petroleum refining, basic petrochemicals, cement, small steel-rolling mill, construction, fertilizer, plastic
_#_Agriculture: accounts for about 10% of GDP, 16% of labor force; fastest growing economic sector; subsidized by government; products—wheat, barley, tomatoes, melons, dates, citrus fruit, mutton, chickens, eggs, milk; approaching self-sufficiency in food
_#_Economic aid: donor—pledged $64.7 billion in bilateral aid (1979-89)
_#_Currency: Saudi riyal (plural—riyals); 1 Saudi riyal (SR) = 100 halalas