Budget: revenues: $1.9 billion expenditures: $3.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $1 billion (1995 est.)
Industries: banking; food processing; textiles, jewelry; cement, oil refining, chemicals, metal fabricating, wood products
Industrial production growth rate: NA%
Electricity - capacity: 1.22 million kW (1994)
Electricity - production: 4.75 billion kWh (1994)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 1,285 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: citrus, vegetables, potatoes, olives, tobacco, hemp (hashish); sheep, goats
Exports: total value : $1 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: paper and paper products 26%, food stuffs 16%, textiles and textile products 10%, jewelry 8%, metals and metal products 8%, electrical equipment and products 8%, chemical products 6%, transport vehicles 4% (1995) partners: Saudi Arabia 13%, Switzerland 12%, UAE 11%, Syria 9%, US 5%, Jordan 5% (1995)
Imports: total value: $7 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.) commodities : machinery and transport equipment 28%, foodstuffs 20%, consumer goods 19%, chemicals 9%, textiles 5%, metals 5%, fuels 3% (1995) partners: Italy 19%, France 13%, US 12%, Germany 11%, UK 6%, Belgium 5%, Turkey 3% (1995)
Debt - external: $3 billion (1996 est.)