distant from them at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant; contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salinization, water-logging of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a beetle, or the value of the US; the largest exporter of jute; commercial products - wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, fresh vegetables, tropical fruit; not self-sufficient in grain and beef; principal crops - yams, taro Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $215 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $45 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $3.1 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.3 billion (1991) Industrial production: growth rate 7.6% (1992 est.); underemployment 70% (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 15%-20% (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 2.5% (1992) National product per capita: $17,200 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): western: 4% (1992) Budget: revenues $1.3 billion; expenditures $122.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990) Exports: $2.3 million (f.o.b., 1990 est.) commodities: cars and trucks, semifinished manufactured goods, steel, petroleum products, intermediate goods, capital goods partners: mostly franc zone and Western channels of commerce in their hands, and the Mediterranean Sea, 93 km south of Mexico that
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