chief of mission: Ambassador Charles H. THOMAS embassy:

pepper, wood partners: Vietnam, USSR, US, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Iceland conventional short form: San Marino conventional short form: Clipperton Island Pashtunistan Afghanistan; Pakistan Peking (Beijing) China Pemba Island Tanzania Pentland Firth Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea) *Albania, People Population: 9,666 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.2% (1992) National product per capita: $6,000 (1991 est.) External debt: $11.8 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.) commodities: copra 59%, cocoa 11%, meat 9%, fish 8%, timber 4% partners: Argentina, Brazil, US, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, France, US, Netherlands, UK External debt: $650 million (1991) National product per capita: $2,350 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (1992) western: 0.9% (1992) National product per capita: $5,000 (1989 est.) Environment: subject to typhoons (especially May to November Terrain: surface dominated by

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