partners—EC, Japan, US
_#_External debt: $11.0 billion (December 1989 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 9.3% (1986)
_#_Electricity: 5,773,000 kW capacity; 15,400 million kWh produced, 6,830 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 2% of GNP and 5% of labor force; cash crop—dates; food products—vegetables, watermelons, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish; only 25% self-sufficient in food
_#_Economic aid: donor—pledged $9.1 billion in bilateral aid to less developed countries (1979-89)
_#_Currency: Emirian dirham (plural—dirhams); 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils
_#_Exchange rates: Emirian dirhams (Dh) per US$1—3.6710 (fixed rate)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year