commodities—intermediate and capital goods 47%, consumer goods 42%, petroleum products 11%;
partners—Japan, Western Europe, Thailand
_#_External debt: $70 million (December 1989)
_#_Industrial production: growth rate - 5.0% (1988); accounts for 5% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 5,000 kW capacity; 11 million kWh produced, 50 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: fishing and fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, some coconut processing, garments, woven mats, coir (rope), handicrafts
_#_Agriculture: accounts for almost 30% of GDP (including fishing); fishing more important than farming; limited production of coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; most staple foods must be imported; fish catch of 63,000 tons (1988 est.)
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $28 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $105 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $14 million
_#_Currency: rufiyaa (plural—rufiyaa); 1 rufiyaa (Rf) = 100 laaris
_#_Exchange rates: rufiyaa (Rf) per US$1—9.937 (January 1991), 9.509 (1990), 9.0408 (1989), 8.7846 (1988), 9.2230 (1987), 7.1507 (1986), 7.0981 (1985)