partners—US 0.5%, Saudi Arabia, Italy, FRG (1986)
_#_Imports: $354.0 million (c.i.f., 1988);
commodities—textiles, petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials;
partners—US 13%, Italy, FRG, Kenya, UK, Saudi Arabia (1986)
_#_External debt: $1.9 billion (1989)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 5.0% (1988); accounts for 5% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 72,000 kW capacity; 60 million kWh produced, 7 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: a few small industries, including sugar refining, textiles, petroleum refining
_#_Agriculture: dominant sector, led by livestock raising (cattle, sheep, goats); crops—bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane; not self-sufficient in food; fishing potential largely unexploited
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $639 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $3.2 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.1 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $336 million