partners—US 32%, China 19%, FRG 7%, UK 6%, Japan 6% (1989)
_#_Imports: $79.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
commodities—foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum;
partners—China 35%, Japan 17%, Taiwan 9%, US 8% (1989)
_#_External debt: $9.5 billion (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 1.7% (1989)
_#_Electricity: 8,485,000 kW capacity; 25,000 million kWh produced, 4,340 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: textiles, clothing, tourism, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
_#_Agriculture: minor role in the economy; rice, vegetables, dairy products; less than 20% self-sufficient; shortages of rice, wheat, water
_#_Illicit drugs: a hub for Southeast Asian heroin trade; transshipment and major financial and money-laundering center