l) KPRP 123

_#_Member of: AsDB, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
ILO, IMF, IMO, INTERPOL, ITU, LORCS, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU,
WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO

_#_Diplomatic representation: none

_#_Flag:
NGC--three horizontal bands of blue (top), red (double width), and blue
with a white stylized three-towered temple representing Angkor Wat
centered on the red band;

SOC--two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and blue with a gold
stylized five-towered temple representing Angkor Wat in the center

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: Cambodia is a desperately poor country whose economic
development has been stymied by deadly political infighting. The
economy is based on agriculture and related industries. Over the
past decade Cambodia has been slowly recovering from its near destruction
by war and political upheaval. It still remains, however, one of the
world's poorest countries, with an estimated per capita GDP of about
$130. The food situation is precarious; during the 1980s famine has
been averted only through international relief. In 1986 the production
level of rice, the staple food crop, was able to meet only 80% of
domestic needs. The biggest success of the nation's recovery program has
been in new rubber plantings and in fishing. Industry, other than rice
processing, is almost nonexistent. Foreign trade is primarily with the
USSR and Vietnam. Statistical data on the economy continues to be sparse
and unreliable. Foreign aid from the USSR and Eastern Europe almost
certainly is being slashed.

_#_GDP: $890 million, per capita $130; real growth rate 0% (1989 est.)

_#_Unemployment rate: NA%

_#_Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital
expenditures of $NA

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 50% (first half 1990)

_#_Exports: $32 million (f.o.b., 1988);

commodities--natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood;

partners--Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India

_#_Imports: $147 million (c.i.f., 1988);

commodities--international food aid; fuels, consumer goods,
machinery;

partners--Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India

_#_External debt: $600 million (1989)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 126,000 kW capacity; 150 million kWh produced,
20 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: rice milling, fishing, wood and wood products, rubber,
cement, gem mining

_#_Agriculture: mainly subsistence farming except for rubber