EC 53.4% (Germany 23.1%, UK 8.2%, France 5.6%), Sweden 10.8%, Norway 5.4%, US 5.7%, Japan 4.1% (1992) External debt: $1.3 billion in bilateral aid (1979-89), $9.5 billion; Communist countries (1971-86), $NA million (1992 est.) National product per capita: $3,800 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.8% (1991) Imports: $20.0 billion (1992) National product per capita: $1,000 (1989 est.) Environment: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification Note: strategic location on southern border regions Natural resources: arable land, fish Land use: arable land: 25% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 12% forest and woodland: 2% other: 12% Irrigated land: 12,650 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: dense tropical rain forest *Suriname, People Population: 9,545,235 (July 1993 est.) Population
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