Budget: revenues: $10.4 billion expenditures: $10.75 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1996 est.)
Industries: phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (1996 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 3.79 million kW (1994)
Electricity - production: 10.17 billion kWh (1994)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 385 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock
Exports: total value: $7.7 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities : food and beverages 30%, semiprocessed goods 23%, consumer goods 21%, phosphates 17% (1995 est.) partners : EU 63%, Japan 7.7%, India 6.6%, US 3.4%, Libya 3.4% (1996 est.)
Imports: total value: $9.8 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.) commodities: capital goods 24%, semiprocessed goods 22%, raw materials 16%, fuel and lubricants 16%, food and beverages 13%, consumer goods 9% (1995 est.) partners: EU 57%, US 6.6%, Saudi Arabia 5.3%, Brazil 2.8% (1996 est.)
Debt - external: $23.4 billion (1996 est.)