Gross Domestic Product,1993-96a				Percent
	1993	1994	1995	1996
Real growth	-8.7	-12.6	-4.0	-6.0
Per capita real growth	-8.8	-12.6	-4.0	-6.0

^a Official statistics.

Labor Force by Sector, 1994-95a		Percent
	1994	1995
Industry and construction	40.6	35.4
Agriculture and forestry	13.2	14.8
Trade and distribution	9.9	9.7
Transportation and communications	7.7	7.9
Health, social security, education, culture, and science	17.5	20.5
Other	11.1	11.7

^a Official statistics.

Industrial Production Growth by Selected Sector, 1993-96a				Percent
	1993	1994	1995	1996
Total Production	-16.2	-22.8	-3.0	-5.0
Electric power	-5.3	-8.8	-3.0	-2.0
Fuel	-15.0	-11.0	-2.0	-4.0
Metallurgy	NA	-14.0	7.0	-4.0
Machinery and metalworking	-16.6	-38.1	-10.0	-12.0
Chemicals and petrochemicals	-21.5	-28.9	8.0	-12.0
Light industry	-23.4	-47.3	-31.0	-32.0
Food processing	-9.2	-21.9	-9.0	-7.0

^a Official statistics

Agricultural Production by Selected Commodity, 1993-96a				Percent
Production growth (percent)	-2.0	-9.0	-8.0	-7.0
Total grainsb	99,100	81,282	63,400	69,300
Vegetables	9,800	9,613	11,200	10,700
Fruit, berries, and grapes	2,726	2,081	2,163	3,036
Sugar beets	25,500	13,900	19,100	16,100
Sunflower seeds	2,800	2,553	4,200	2,800
Soybeans	497	421	400	NA
Fiber flax	58	54	68.7	59.0
Meatc	7,513	6,803	5,796	5,315
Milk	45,500	42,811	39,300	35,700
Eggs (billion)	37.4	40.3	33.7	31.5
Wool	158	124	94.1	NA

^a Official statistics.
^b Clean weigh includes wheat, rye, barley, corn, oats, millet, buckwheat, rice, pulses, and miscellaneous grains.
^c Includes beef, veal, pork, mutton, kid, poultry, offals, and slaughter fat.

Foreign Trade, 1994-96			Billion US $
	1994a	1995b	1996
Exports	66.2	76.8	88.3
Imports	50.5	55.3	59.8
Balance	15.7	21.5	28.5

^a Official statistics, includes trade with other former Soviet republics, and official estimates of unregistered "shuttle" trade.
^b Official statistics, adjusted with official estimates of unregistered "shuttle" trade for first three quarters.

Selected Transportation Indicators, 1993-96a				Million metric tons
	1993	1993	1995	1996
Rail freight	1,335	1,335	1,025	908
Truck freight	2,503b	1,727b	1,416b	1,002b

^a Official statistics.
^b Includes official estimates of private transportation activities.

Selected Energy Indicators, 1994-96
	1994	1995	1996
Productionb
Oil (thousand b/d)	6,315	6,135	6,010
Natural gas (billion m3)	606	595	601
Coal (million metric tons)	255	266	270
Electricity (billion kWh)	876	862	847
Consumption by fuel share:b (percent)
Oil	22	21	27
Natural gas	50	52	44
Coal	17	17	18
Otherc	11	10	11

^a Official statistics.
^b Estimated.
^c Includes primary electricity and peat.

Per Capita Consumption of Selected Foods, 1992-95a				Kilograms
	1992	1993	1994	1995
Milk	294.2	305.1	304.5	246.6
Eggs (units)	243.0	236.0	210.0	196.0
Fish	11.5	11.3	8.9	9.0
Sugar	26.4	29.1	28.5	27.5
Vegetable oil	6.8	7.4	5.7	6.4
Potatoes	106.6	112.3	112.7	112.4
Vegetables	78.0	76.3	70.6	83.3
Bread	103.9	107.4	101.0	100.7

^a Official statistics.
^b Includes offals and slaughter fat.

Measure of Durable Consumer Goods Availability, 1992-95a				Units per 100 families
	1992	1993	1994	1995
Televisions	114	115	116	116
Watches, clocks	602	614	616	618
Refrigerators, freezers	95	95	95	95
Washing machines	79	80	81	81
Vacuum cleaners	52	53	53	53
Cameras	37	37	37	37
Passenger cars	21	23	26	28

^a Official statistics.