commodities—coffee, bananas, textiles, sugar;
partners—US 75%, FRG, Guatemala, Netherlands, UK, Japan
_#_Imports: $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
commodities—petroleum, machinery, consumer durables, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs;
partners—US 35%, Japan, Guatemala, FRG
_#_External debt: $4.5 billion (1989)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 2.3% (1990 est.); accounts for 23% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 927,000 kW capacity; 2,987 million kWh produced, 980 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 20-25% of GDP and 70% of exports; cash commodities—coffee, beef, bananas, sugar; other food crops include corn, rice, beans, potatoes; normally self-sufficient in food except for grain; depletion of forest resources resulting in lower timber output