Industrial production growth rate: 6.3% (1996)
Electricity-capacity: 7.64 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 25.65 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 350 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: rice, coconuts, corn, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish catch of 2 million metric tons annually
Exports: total value: $25 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.) commodities: electronics and telecommunications 51%, machinery and transport 10%, garments 9%, other 30% partners: US 34%, Japan 17%, EU 17%, ASEAN 14%, Hong Kong 4%, Taiwan 4% (1997 est.)
Imports: total value: $34 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.) commodities: raw materials and intermediate goods 43%, capital goods 36%, consumer goods 9%, fuels 9% partners: Japan 21%, US 20%, ASEAN 12%, EU 10%, Taiwan 5%, Hong Kong 4%, Saudi Arabia 4% (1997 est.)
Debt-external: $45.4 billion (December 1997)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $3 billion pledged at December 1997 for 1998
Currency: 1 Philippine peso (P) = 100 centavos