Pakistan Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

CNP: figures reflect impact of rupee devaluation in 1982; $31 billion (FY85 est.), $300 per capita (FY85); real growth 8.4% (FY85)

Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore

Agriculture: extensive irrigation; main crops—wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade

Fishing: catch 343,400 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: cotton textiles, steel, food processing, tobacco, engineering, chemicals, natural gas

Electric power: 5,187,00*I kW capacity (1985); 20.42 billion kWh produced (1985), 206 kWh per capita

Exports $2.5 billion (f.o.b., FY85), primarily rice, cotton, and textiles

Imports: $5.9 billion (f o.b., FY85); petroleum (crude and products), cooking oil, and defense equipment

Major trade partners: FY85 exports—Japan 12%, US 10%, Saudi Arabia 7%, UK 7%, Iran 2%; imports—Japan 13%, US 12%, Saudi Arabia 11%, UK 6%, Malaysia 6%, China 3%, Iran 1%

Budget: FY85—current expenditures, $4 9 billion; development expenditures, $1 3 bil lion (reflects impact of rupee devaluation)

Monetary conversion rate: 15.89 rupees=US$l (FY85 average); in January 1982, the rupee was delinked from the US dollar and floated

Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

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