wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, sugar cane, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar
Industries:
petroleum, petrochemicals, fertilizers, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and non-ferrous metal fabrication, armaments
Industrial production growth rate:
4.8% excluding oil (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
189.9 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
149.4 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports: