Industries: sugar milling and refining, petroleum refining, food and
tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products,
metals (particularly nickel), cement, fertilizers, consumer goods,
agricultural machinery
Agriculture: key commercial crops - sugarcane, tobacco, and citrus
fruits; other products - coffee, rice, potatoes, meat, beans; world's
largest sugar exporter; not self-sufficient in food (excluding sugar);
sector hurt by persistent shortages of fuels and parts
Economic aid:
recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $710 million; Communist countries (1970-89),
$18.5 billion
Currency: 1 Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: Cuban pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000 (non-convertible, official rate, linked to the US dollar)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Cuba:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 12,623 km
standard gauge: 4,881 km 1.435-m gauge (151.7 km electrified)
other: 7,742 km 0.914- and 1.435-m gauge for sugar plantation lines
Highways:
total: 26,477 km
paved: 14,477 km
unpaved: gravel or earth 12,000 km (1989)
Inland waterways: 240 km