Industries: mining (coal, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), copper, steel, nickel, tin, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages
Industrial production growth rate: 10% (1994)
Electricity—production: 8.5 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 71.76% hydro: 28.24% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 10.769 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—exports: 1 million kWh (1996)
Electricity—imports: 2.27 billion kWh (1996)
Agriculture—products: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)
Exports—commodities: tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, cotton (1997)