commodities—wool, mohair, wheat, cattle, peas, beans, corn, hides, skins, baskets;
partners—South Africa 53%, EC 30%, North and South America 13% (1989)
_#_Imports: $499 million (f.o.b., 1989);
commodities—mainly corn, building materials, clothing, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum, oil, and lubricants;
partners—South Africa 95%, EC 2% (1989)
_#_External debt: $370 million (December 1990 est.)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate 7.8% (1989 est.); accounts for 15% of GDP
_#_Electricity: power supplied by South Africa
_#_Industries: food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts, tourism
_#_Agriculture: accounts for 18% of GDP and employs 60-70% of all households; exceedingly primitive, mostly subsistence farming and livestock; principal crops are corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley