Budget:
revenues: $1.2 trillion
expenditures: $1.3 trillion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)
Public debt:
65.8% of GDP (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products:
potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle,
pigs, poultry
Industries:
among the world's largest and most technologically advanced
producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery,
vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages;
shipbuilding; textiles
Industrial production growth rate:
2.2% (2004 est.)
Electricity - production:
560 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 61.8% hydro: 4.2% nuclear: 29.9% other: 4.1% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
519.5 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - exports:
53.8 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - imports:
45.8 billion kWh (2003)