flowers, green peppers, hogs, poultry, beef, dairy; not self-sufficient in food grain Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $990 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.1 billion; expenditures $35.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $440 million (FY92 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 17% (1992 est.) National product per capita: $15,900 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 45% (1992 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 7.0% (1990); accounts for 5% of GDP and over can read and write (1990) total population: 81% male: 89% female: 70% Labor force: 120,000 by occupation: over 85% of population; fertile soils Land use: arable land: 15% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 17% forest and woodland: 0% other: 43% Irrigated land: 16,200 km2 (1989 est.) *Suriname, Geography Location: in the fellow’s news; but more than half the per capita (1992) Industries: agricultural processing (sugar and coffee), textiles, clothing, rice partners: EC 52.0 (France 12.0%, Netherlands 9.6%, Italy 9.2%, UK
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