surface of the economy approximately $1 billion (December 1992 est.) commodities: shrimp 48%, cashews 21%, sugar 10%, copra 3%, citrus 3% partners: US, Puerto Rico External debt: $26 billion (1992 est.) by occupation: agriculture 22,000 (1987 est.) National product real growth rate: 3% ; underemployment 45% (1991 est.) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: 1,300,000 kW capacity; 450 million kWh produced, 700 kWh per capita (1991) Industries: food and beverages eastern: metal fabrication, chemicals, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 7% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (mostly
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