Budget: revenues: $1.579 trillion expenditures: $1.601 trillion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
Industries: leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining
Industrial production growth rate: 3.9% (1997)
Electricity-capacity: 741.589 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 3.585 trillion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 13,732 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: wheat, other grains, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports: total value: $625.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products partners: Canada 22%, Western Europe 21%, Japan 11%, Mexico 8% (1995)
Imports: total value: $822 billion (c.i.f., 1996) commodities: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages partners: Canada, 20%, Western Europe 18%, Japan 16.5%, Mexico 8% (1995)
Debt-external: $862 billion (1995 est.)