ZANU-S 1

_#_Communists: no Communist party

_#_Member of: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, FLS, G-77, GATT, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, PCA, SADCC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

_#_Diplomatic representation: Counselor (Political Affairs), Head of
Chancery, Ambassador Stanislaus Garikai CHIGWEDERE; Chancery at
2852 McGill Terrace NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 332-7100;

US--Ambassador (vacant); Embassy at 172 Herbert Chitapo
Avenue, Harare (mailing address is P. O. Box 3340, Harare);
telephone [263] (4) 794-521

_#_Flag: seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red, black,
red, yellow, and green with a white equilateral triangle edged in black
based on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is superimposed on a red
five-pointed star in the center of the triangle

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: Agriculture employs three-fourths of the labor force and
supplies almost 40% of exports. The manufacturing sector, based on
agriculture and mining, produces a variety of goods and contributes 35%
to GDP. Mining accounts for only 5% of both GDP and employment, but
supplies of minerals and metals account for about 40% of exports. Wide
year-to-year fluctuations in agricultural production over the past six
years have resulted in an uneven growth rate, one that on average matched
the 3% annual increase in population.

_#_GDP: $5.6 billion, per capita $540; real growth rate 4.2% (1990
est.)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13% (1989)

_#_Unemployment rate: at least 20% (1990 est.)

_#_Budget: revenues $2.7 billion; expenditures $3.3 billion, including
capital expenditures of $330 million (FY91)

_#_Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1989);

commodities--agricultural 35% (tobacco 20%, other 15%),
manufactures 20%, gold 10%, ferrochrome 10%, cotton 5%;

partners--Europe 55% (EC 40%, Netherlands 5%, other 10%),
Africa 20% (South Africa 10%, other 10%), US 5%

_#_Imports: $1.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989);

commodities--machinery and transportation equipment 37%, other
manufactures 22%, chemicals 16%, fuels 15%;

partners--EC 31%, Africa 29% (South Africa 21%, other 8%), US 8%,
Japan 4%

_#_External debt: $2.96 billion (December 1989 est.)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate 4.7% (1988 est.); accounts
for 35% of GDP

_#_Electricity: 2,036,000 kW capacity; 5,460 million kWh prod