Industries: textiles and footwear; wood pulp, paper, and cork;
metalworking; oil refining; chemicals; fish canning; wine; tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 2.1% (1995 est.)
Electricity: capacity: 8,220,000 kW production: 29.5 billion kWh consumption per capita: 2,642 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: grain, potatoes, olives, grapes; sheep, cattle, goats, poultry, meat, dairy products
Illicit drugs: important gateway country for Latin American cocaine entering the European market; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe
Exports: $18.9 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: clothing and footwear, machinery, cork and paper
products, hides
partners: EU 75.1%, other developed countries 12.4% (US 5.2%) (1995)
Imports: $24.1 billion (c.i.f., 1995) commodities: machinery and transport equipment, agricultural products, chemicals, petroleum, textiles partners: EU 71%, other developed countries 10.9% (US 2.5%), less developed countries 12.9% (1995)
External debt: $11.8 billion (1995 est.)
Economic aid: donor: ODA, $248 million (1993) recipient: ODA, $70 million (1993)
Currency: 1 Portuguese escudo (Esc) = 100 centavos