Gross Domestic Product, 1993-96a				Percent
	1993	1994	1995	1996
Real growth	-2.5	4.0	4.3	4.0
Per capita real growth	-3.0	3.5	3.7	5.2

^a Official statistics.

Industrial Production by Selected Sector, 1990-91b		Percent
	1990	1991
Production growth (percent)	-9.0	-9
Oil shale (thousand metric tons)	22,486	19,612
Wire (thousand metric tons)	11.9	7.3
Sulfuric acid (thousand metric tons)	547	460
Timber (thousand cubic tons)	1,309	1,389
Cement (thousand metric tons)	938	905
Cotton cloth (million square meters)	169	168

^b Official statistics. Industrial production declined by 5.6 percent in 1994.

Labor Force by Sector, 1994c	Percent
Industry and construction	30.1
Agriculture and forestry	9.4
Trade and distribution	17.7
Transportation and communication	9.5
Health, social security, education, culture, and science	27.6
Other	5.7

^c Official estimates.

Agricultural Production, by Selected Commodity, 1990-93d				Thousand metric tons
	1990	1991	1992	1993
Production growth (percent)	3.1	-16.0	-14.8	-10.0
Total grainse	957	939	598	650
Potatoes	618	592	669	533
Vegetables	105	120	78	90
Fruit and berries	22	NA	NA	NA
Meatf	219	177	132	85
Milk	1,208	1,092	919	700
Eggs (billion)	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.3

^d Official statistics. Total production declined 4.2% in 1996 and 2% in in 1995.
^e Clean weight includes wheat, rye, barley, oats, pulses, and miscellaneous grains.
^f Includes beef, veal, pork, mutton, kid, poultry, offals, and slaughter fat.

Foreign Trade, 1994-96g			Million US $
	1994	1995	1996
Exports	1,304	1,835	2,043
Imports	1,658	2,538	3,188
Balance	-354	-703	-1,145

^g Official statistics, includes trade with other former Soviet republics.

Selected Energy Indicators, 1991
Production:h
Oil shale (million metric tons)	20
Natural gas (billion m3)	0
Coal (million metric tons)	0
Electricity (billion kWh)	17

^h Official statistics.

Measure of Durable Consumer Goods Availability, 1988-90i			Units per 100 families
	1988	1989	1990
Televisions	100	105	109
Tape recorders	58	60	65
Refrigerators	106	106	106
Washing machines	76	83	91
Vacuum cleaners	64	69	71
Sewing machines	60	59	61
Passenger cars	34	37	40

ⁱ Official statistics.

Selected Transportation Indicators, 1988-90j			Million metric tons
	1988	1989	1990
Rail freight	33	33	30
Truck freight	99	95	78

^j Official statistics.

Per Capita Consumption of Selected Foods, 1989-91k			Kilograms
	1989	1990	1991
Meatl	84	84	63
Milk	508	487	409
Eggs (units)	308	289	260
Fish	23.6	24.0	21.0
Sugar	44	44	36
Vegetable oil	8.3	7.0	6.3
Potatoes	100	103	104
Vegetables	79	64	57
Grain productsm	80	77	79

^k Official statistics.
^l Includes offals and slaughter fat.
^m In terms of flour.