Thailand Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $52.4 billion (1984), $1,030 per capita, 5.4%' real grow th in 1984

Natural resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten timber, fisheries products

Agriculture: mam crops—rice, sugar, corn, rubber, manioc; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade

Fishing: catch 2.2 million metric tons (1984); major fishery export, shrimp, 19,428 metric tons, about $117 million (1984)

Major industries: agricultural processing, textiles, wood and wood products, cement, tin and tungsten ore mining; world’s second largest tungsten producer and third largest tin producer

Shortages: fuel sources, including coal and petroleum; scrap iron; and fertilizer

Electric power: 5,826,000 kW capacity (1985); 20.7 billion kWh produced (1985), 393 kWh per capita

Exports: $7.4 billion (f.o.b., 1984); rice, sugar, corn, rubber, tin, tapioca, textiles and garments, integrated circuits, canned seafood, fruit

Imports: $10.37 billion (c.i.f., 1984); machinery and transport equipment, fuels and lubricants, base metals, chemicals, and fertilizer

Major trade partners: exports—US, Japan Singapore, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Malaysia; imports—Japan, US, FRG, UK, Singapore, Saudi Arabia; about 1% or less trade with Gommunist countries .

Budget: (FY84) estimate of expenditures, $7.6 billion; revenues $6.2 billion deficit $1.4 billion

Monetary conversion rate 27baht=US$l (January 1986)

Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

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