nvestment (gross fixed):
20.7% of GDP (2003)

Population below poverty line:
NA

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
200,000 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workers primarily
from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 1.9%, industry 8%, services 90.1% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
3.6% (2003 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $11.82 billion
expenditures: $12.06 billion, including capital expenditures of $760
million (2003 est.)

Agriculture - products:
barley, oats, potatoes, wheat, fruits, wine grapes; livestock
products

Industries:
banking, iron and steel, food processing, chemicals, metal
products, engineering, tires, glass, aluminum

Industrial production growth rate:
1.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
457 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
6.07 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
744 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
6.389 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
50,650 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
634 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
50,700 bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
865 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
867 million cu m (2001 est.)

Exports:
$8.571 billion f.o.b. (2002)

Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber
products, glass

Exports - partners:
Germany 23.3%, France 19%, Belgium 10.4%, UK 9.1%, Italy 6.8%,
Spain 4.6%, Netherlands 4.3% (2003)

Imports:
$11.61 billion c.i.f. (2002)

Imports - commodities:
minerals, metals, foodstuffs, quality consumer goods

Imports - partners:
Belgium 29%, Germany 22.9%, France 11.4%, China 10.9%, Netherlands
4.8% (2003)

Debt - external:
NA

Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $147 million (2002)

Currency:
euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the
euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of
member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole
currency for everyday transactions within the member countries

Currency code:
EUR

Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar -