_#_Exports: $0.9 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);
commodities—fruits and vegetables, phosphates, fertilizers;
partners—Iraq, Saudi Arabia, India, Kuwait, Japan, China, Yugoslavia, Indonesia
_#_Imports: $2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.);
commodities—crude oil, textiles, capital goods, motor vehicles, foodstuffs;
partners—EC, US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Turkey, Romania, China, Taiwan
_#_External debt: $8 billion (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 15% (1990 est.); accounts for 20% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 981,000 kW capacity; 3,500 million kWh produced, 1,180 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: phosphate mining, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light manufacturing