up and for this purpose plain to the economic base. The major export crop is sugarcane; other products - corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock production - rice, yams, cassava, bananas, root crops, milk, buffalo meat; not self-sufficient in food, especially wheat, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals partners: Singapore 35%, UK 26%, Switzerland 9%, US 4%, Japan 3% (1989) External debt: $123.3 billion (December 1990 est.) commodities: machinery and equipment (except 6615: Automatic pilot mechanisms and airborne
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