partners—US 31%, Southeast Asia 29%, Western Europe 21%, Communist countries 3%, Middle East 3%
_#_Imports: $234.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
commodities—manufactures 50%, fossil fuels 24%, foodstuffs and raw materials 26%;
partners—Southeast Asia 23%, US 23%, Western Europe 18%, Middle East 13%, Communist countries 7%
_#_External debt: $NA
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 4.6% (1990 est.); accounts for 30% of GDP (mining and manufacturing)
_#_Electricity: 191,000,000 kW capacity; 790,000 million kWh produced, 6,390 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: metallurgy, engineering, electrical and electronic, textiles, chemicals, automobiles, fishing, telecommunications
_#_Agriculture: accounts for only 2% of GNP; highly subsidized and protected sector, with crop yields among highest in world; principal crops—rice, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit; animal products include pork, poultry, dairy and eggs; about 50% self-sufficient in food production; shortages of wheat, corn, soybeans; world's largest fish catch of 11.9 million metric tons in 1988
_#_Economic aid: donor—ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $83.2 billion; ODA outlay of $7.9 billion in 1989