_#_External debt: $169 million (December 1990)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate 9.7% (1989); accounts for 16% of GDP

_#_Electricity: 34,700 kW capacity; 90 million kWh produced, 410 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: garment production, citrus concentrates, sugar refining, rum, beverages, tourism

_#_Agriculture: accounts for 30% of GDP (including fish and forestry); commercial crops include sugarcane, bananas, coca, citrus fruits; expanding output of lumber and cultured shrimp; net importer of basic foods

_#_Illicit drugs: an illicit producer of cannabis for the international drug trade; eradication program cut marijuana production from 200 metric tons in 1987 to 66 metric tons in 1989; transshipment point for cocaine

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $104 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $199 million

_#_Currency: Belizean dollar (plural—dollars); 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents

_#_Exchange rates: Belizean dollars (Bz$) per US$1—2.00 (fixed rate)

_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March