Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (1997 est.)
Electricity—production: 291.63 billion kWh (1997)
Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 4.38% hydro: 92.09% nuclear: 0.8% other: 2.73% (1996)
Electricity—consumption: 323.215 billion kWh (1996)
Electricity—exports: 8 million kWh (1996)
Electricity—imports: 37.5 billion kWh (1996)
note: imported electricity from Paraguay
Agriculture—products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn,
sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Exports: $51 billion (f.o.b., 1998)
Exports—commodities: iron ore, soybean bran, orange juice,
footwear, coffee, motor vehicle parts
Exports—partners: EU 28%, Latin America (excluding Argentina)
23%, US 20%, Argentina 12% (1996)