partners—US 53%, CARICOM 16%, EC 10%, Latin America 3% (1989)
_#_Imports: $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
commodities—raw materials and intermediate goods 47%, capital goods 26%, consumer goods 26% (1988);
partners—US 51%, Latin America 10%, UK 8%, Canada 5%, CARICOM 6% (1989)
_#_External debt: $2.5 billion (1989)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 5.2%, excluding oil refining (1986); accounts for 30% of GDP, including petroleum
_#_Electricity: 1,176,000 kW capacity; 3,468 million kWh produced, 2,730 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles
_#_Agriculture: highly subsidized sector; major crops—cocoa and sugarcane; sugarcane acreage is being shifted into rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry sector most important source of animal protein; must import large share of food needs
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $373 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $443 million