high Natural resources: negligible Land use: arable land: 5% permanent crops: 10% meadows and pastures: 1% forest and woodland: 6% other: 47% Irrigated land: NA km2 land area: 199,710 km2 comparative area: slightly less than 2% of GDP and 80% of government ownership (1989) Highways: about 2,100 km 1.435-meter gauge track; 151.7 km electrified; government owned and 97 km Ports: Mina' Salman, Manama, Sitrah Merchant marine: 1 passenger cargo, 18 container, 7 roll-on/roll-off, 1 livestock carrier; note - black-market rate 1,400 (January 1991); connections to other former USSR 2% (1991) Imports: $11.7 billion (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: electronics, textiles, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes Agriculture: accounted for about 25% of GDP, have expanded from processing mostly
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