Unemployment rate: 11.8% (1997)
Budget: revenues: $20.6 billion expenditures: $20.3 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.2 billion (1997)
Industries: food products, brewing, textiles, clothing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, machinery, transportation equipment, glass and crystal
Industrial production growth rate: 10.1% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 3.62 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 16.586 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 4,672 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; meat and dairy products
Exports: total value: $54.8 billion (f.o.b., 1997) commodities: chemicals, data processing equipment, industrial machinery, live animals, animal products partners: EU 66% (UK 22%, Germany 13%, France 8%), US 6%
Imports: total value: $44.9 billion (c.i.f., 1997) commodities: food, animal feed, data processing equipment, petroleum and petroleum products, machinery, textiles, clothing partners: EU 52% (UK 29%, Germany 10.2%, France 4%), US 12%