tries, would seem necessary to salvage a
desperate economic situation. However, peace and political stability must
come first.
GDP:
NA - $26.3 billion, per capita $5,600; real growth rate -25% (1991 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
14.3% (March 1992)
Unemployment rate:
20% (December 1991)
Budget:
revenues $NA million; expenditures $NA million, including capital
expenditures of $NA million
Exports:
$2.9 billion (1990)
commodities:
machinery and transport equipment (30%), other manufacturers (37%),
chemicals (11%), food and live animals (9%), raw materials (6.5%), fuels and
lubricants (5%)
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics
Imports:
$4.4 billion (1990)
commodities:
machinery and transport equipment (21%), fuels and lubricants (19%), food
and live animals (16%), chemicals (14%), manufactured goods (13%),
miscellaneous manufactured articles (9%), raw materials (6.5%), beverages
and tobacco (1%)
partners:
principally other former Yugoslav republics
External debt:
$2.6 billion (may assume some part of foreign debt of former Yugoslavia)
Industrial production:
declined as much as 11% in 1990 and probably another 29% in 1991
Electricity:
3,570,000 kW capacity; 8,830 million kWh produced, 1,855 kWh per capita
1991)
Industries:
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig
iron and rolled steel products, aluminum reduction, paper, wood products
(including furniture), building materials (including cement), textiles,
shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food processing and
beverages

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Agriculture:
Croatia normally produces a food surplus; most agricultural land in private
hands and concentrated in Croat-majority districts in Slavonia and Istria;
much of Slavonia's land has been put out of production by fighting; wheat,
corn, sugar beets, sunflowers, alfalfa, and clover are main crops in
Slavonia; central Croatian highlands are less fertile but support cereal
production, orchards, vineyards, livestock breeding, and dairy farming;
coastal areas and offshore islands grow olives, citrus fruits, and
vegetables
Economic aid:
NA
Currency:
Croatian dinar(s)
Exchange rates:
Croatian dinar per US $1 - 60.00 (April 1992)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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