Korea, North:
military products; machine building, electric power,
chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper,
zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food
processing; tourism
Korea, South:
electronics, automobile production, chemicals,
shipbuilding, steel, textiles, clothing, footwear, food processing
Kuwait:
petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing,
construction materials
Kyrgyzstan:
small machinery, textiles, food processing, cement,
shoes, sawn logs, refrigerators, furniture, electric motors, gold,
rare earth metals
Laos:
tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural
processing, construction, garments, tourism
Latvia:
buses, vans, street and railroad cars, synthetic fibers,
agricultural machinery, fertilizers, washing machines, radios,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, processed foods, textiles; note -
dependent on imports for energy, raw materials, and intermediate
products
Lebanon:
banking; food processing; jewelry; cement; textiles;
mineral and chemical products; wood and furniture products; oil
refining; metal fabricating
Lesotho:
food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts; construction;
tourism
Liberia:
rubber processing, palm oil processing, diamonds
Libya:
petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement