Industrial production growth rate: 2.5% (1997 est.)
Electricity - production: 12.5 billion kWh (1999 est.)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 98% hydro: 2% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption: 11.039 billion kWh (1998)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products: rice, jute, tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes; beef, milk, poultry, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit
Exports: $5.1 billion (1998)
Exports - commodities: garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
Exports - partners: US 33%, Germany 10%, UK 9%, France 6%, Italy 5% (1997)