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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...ded by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the Census, and the Department of State. Country abbreviations:... ...jor industries: food processing (espe- cially meat packing), motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals, printing, and metallurgy Steel: 2... ... 1985) princi- pal products manufactured raw materi- als, capital equipment, consumer goods Major trade partners: (1983-84) exports 26% Japan, 11% US,... ...ufacturing and construction; 9% transportation, storage, communications, and financial institutions; 8% agriculture; and 2% utilities Organized labor:... ...ectrical parts, clothing Imports: $552 million (f.o.b., 1985); food- stuffs, consumer durables, machinery, fuels Major trade partners: exports 42% US,... ...nist Party, through State Council, which supervises ministries, commissions, bureaus, etc., all technically under the Standing Committee of the Nation... ... 1982); 40% agriculture, 16% manufacturing, 16% commerce, 13% government, 9% financial services, 6% transportation (1984 est.); shortage of skilled la... ...P: $9.2 billion (1985), $1,120 per capita; 26% commerce, 25% agriculture, 9% financial services, 7% transportation and communication, 6% government, 2... ...AC, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the protection of war victims, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IHO, I...

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