Chile Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $19.2 billion (1984), $1,590 per capita, 71% private consumption, 15% government consumption; 14% gross investment (1984); real growth rate 6.3% (1984)

Natural resources: copper, timber, iron ore, nitrates, precious metals, molybdenum

Agriculture: main crops—wheat, potatoes, corn, sugar beets, onions, beans, fruits; net agricultural importer

Fishing: catch 4 million metric tons (1983); exports $275.5 million (1984)

Major industries: copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, pulp, paper and forestry products

Crude steel: 765,000 metric tons capacity (1980); 700,000 metric tons produced (1980); 683,000 metric tons produced (1984)

Electric power: 3,300,000 kW capacity (1985); 13 billion kWh produced (1985), 1,094 kWh per capita

Exports- $3.7 billion (f.o.b., 1984); copper, molybdenum, iron ore, paper products, steel products, fishmeal, fruits, wood products

Imports: $3 4 billion (f.o.b., 1984); petroleum, sugar, wheat, capital goods, vehicles

Major trade partners: exports—26% US, 11 % Japan, 10% FRG, 6.2% Brazil, 5.4% UK (1984); imports—21.5% US, 9% Japan, 8.5% Brazil, 7.2% Venezuela, 6.2% FRG (1983)

Budget: revenues, $6.5 billion; expenditures, $7.2 billion (1984)

Monetary conversion rate: 178 pesos=US$l (November 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.