62.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11.1% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
NA (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
13.04% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$465.1 million (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$1.802 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$4.133 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame,
soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products; shrimp,
lobsters
Industries:
food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles,
clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear,
wood
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
3.012 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
2.413 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
63.95 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 83.9%
hydro: 7.7%
nuclear: 0%
other: 8.4% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption:
28,880 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
808.5 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
29,700 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)
Current account balance:
-$1.001 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$2.313 billion f.o.b.; note - includes free trade zones (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
Exports - partners:
US 31.7%, El Salvador 14%, Honduras 9.3%, Costa Rica 7.2%, Canada
5.8%, Guatemala 5.5%, Mexico 4.8% (2007)
Imports:
$4.078 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum
products
Imports - partners:
US 22.5%, Mexico 13.5%, Costa Rica 8.4%, Venezuela 6.4%, Guatemala
6.2%, El Salvador 4.8% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$471 million (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.103 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external
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