Industries: sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products
Industrial production growth rate: 10% (1992 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 305,000 kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 2.8 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 516 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp;
Exports: total value: $1.3 billion (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: bananas, coffee, shrimp, lobster, minerals, meat, lumber partners: US 54%, Germany 7%, Belgium 5%, Japan 4%, Spain 3% (1995)
Imports: total value: $1.8 billion (c.i.f. 1996) commodities: machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, manufactured goods, fuel and oil, foodstuffs partners: US 43%, Guatemala 5%, Japan 5%, Germany 4%, Mexico 3%, El Salvador 3% (1995)
Debt-external: $4.1 billion (1995)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA