German Democratic Republic Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $163.7 billion (1984), $9,800 per capita; 1984 growth rate 3.0%

Natural resources: lignite coal, potash, uranium, copper, natural gas

Agriculture: food deficit area; main crops— potatoes, rye, wheat, barley, oats

Fishing: catch 299,463 metric tons (1984)

Major industries: metai fabrication, chemicals, light industry, brown coal, shipbuilding

Shortages: grain, vegetables, vegetable oil, beef, coking coal, coke, crude oil. rolled steel products, nonferrous metals

Crude steel: 7.6 million metric tons produced (1984), approx. 455 kg per capita (1984)

Electricpotcer: (including East Br rlin) 23,240,000 kW capacity (1985), 114 7 billion kWh produced (1985), 6,870 kWh per capita

Exports $25.18 billion, est. (f.o.b., 1984)

Imports: $22.97 billion, est. (f.o.b., 1984)

Major trade partners: 65.7% Socialist countries, 29.6% developed West, 4 7% less developed countries

Monetary conversion rate: 2.45 ostmarks=US$l (January 1986)

Fiscal year: same as calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding German Democratic Republic 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 German Democratic Republic 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about German Democratic Republic 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.