commodities—chemicals, data processing equipment, industrial machinery, live animals, animal products;
partners—EC 74% (UK 34%, FRG 11%, France 10%), US 8%
_#_Imports: $20.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
commodities—food, animal feed, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, textiles, clothing;
partners—EC 66% (UK 41%, FRG 9%, France 4%), US 16%
_#_External debt: $16.0 billion (1990)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 4.7% (1990); accounts for 37% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 4,957,000 kW capacity; 14,480 million kWh produced, 4,080 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: food products, brewing, textiles, clothing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GNP and 15% of the labor force; principal crops—turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; livestock—meat and dairy products; 85% self-sufficient in food; food shortages include bread grain, fruits, vegetables