Budget: revenues: $324 million expenditures: $600 million, including capital expenditures of $310 million (1996 est.)
Industries: food, beverages, chemicals (fertilizer, soap, paints), petroleum products, textiles, cement, glass, asbestos, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate: NA
Electricity-capacity: 2.358 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 465 million kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 73 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, rice, tropical fruits; beef, poultry
Exports: total value: $226 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: shrimp 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, copra, citrus partners: Spain, South Africa, Japan, Portugal, US
Imports: total value: $802 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.) commodities: food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum partners: South Africa 38%, US, Japan, Portugal, France
Debt-external: $5.7 billion (December 1997)