_#_Imports: $394.0 million (c.i.f., 1987);

commodities—food (grains, processed meat), other consumer goods, producer goods, petroleum;

partners—France 62%, Trinidad and Tobago 9%, US 4%, FRG 3% (1987)

_#_External debt: $1.2 billion (1988)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 92,000 kW capacity; 185 million kWh produced, 1,890 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining

_#_Agriculture: some vegetables for local consumption; rice, corn, manioc, cocoa, bananas, sugar; livestock—cattle, pigs, poultry

_#_Economic aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $1.25 billion

_#_Currency: French franc (plural—francs); 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes