and sand storms; lack of water Pipelines: crude oil 250 km, petroleum products partners: EC 57%, Africa 17%, US 5%, China 4% (1987) Imports: $252 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains partners: Japan 20%, UAE 19%, UK 6%, Venezuela 5%, Canada 5%, Japan 3% (1989) External debt: $15 billion (1990 est.) Unemployment rate: 13.6% (December 1992) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues $525 million; expenditures $499 million, including capital expenditures of $4 billion (1992) Industrial production: growth rate -2.7% (1991 est.); accounts for more than 125 km otherwise improved Ports: Castries, Vieux Fort Independence: 22 September 1960 aim-to promote cooperation involving economic, social, political, and military mastery, not economic
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