_#_Exports: $2.7 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
commodities—petroleum 47%, coffee, bananas, cocoa products, shrimp, fish products;
partners—US 60%, Latin America, Caribbean, EC countries
_#_Imports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
commodities—transport equipment, vehicles, machinery, chemicals;
partners—US 34%, Latin America, Caribbean, EC, Japan
_#_External debt: $11.8 billion (December 1990)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 3.8% (1989); accounts for almost 40% of GDP, including petroleum
_#_Electricity: 1,983,000 kW capacity; 6,011 million kWh produced, 570 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, metal works, paper products, wood products, chemicals, plastics, fishing, timber