Budget:
revenues: $52 million
expenditures: $150 million, including capital expenditures of $95
million (FY93/94 est.)
note: the government of India finances nearly three-fifths of Bhutan's
budget expenditures
Exports: $66.8 million (f.o.b., FY93/94)
commodities: cardamon, gypsum, timber, handicrafts, cement, fruit,
electricity (to India), precious stones, spices
partners: India 87%, Bangladesh
Imports: $97.6 million (c.i.f., FY93/94 est.) commodities: fuel and lubricants, grain, machinery and parts, vehicles, fabrics, rice partners: India 79%, Japan, UK, Germany, US
External debt: $141 million (October 1994)
Industrial production: growth rate 7.6% (1992 est.); accounts for 18% of GDP; primarily cottage industry and home based handicrafts
Electricity: capacity: 360,000 kW production: 1.7 billion kWh consumption per capita: 143 kWh (1993) note: Bhutan exports electricity to India
Industries: cement, wood products, processed fruits, alcoholic
beverages, calcium carbide
Agriculture: rice, corn, root crops, citrus fruit, dairy products,
foodgrains, eggs
Economic aid:
recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $115 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $11
million
Currency: 1 ngultrum (Nu) = 100 chetrum; note - Indian currency is
also legal tender