United Arab Emirates Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $28.2 billion (1984 est.), $24,000 per capita

Natural resources: oil and natural gas; oil production in 1984,1.1 million b/d

Agriculture: food imported; some dates, alfalfa, vegetables, fruit, tobacco raised

Electric power: 6,015,000 kW capacity (1985); 15.807 billion kWh produced (1985), 12,300 kWh per capita

Exports: $14.1 billion (f.o.b., 1984); $12.3 billion in crude oil, $1.8 billion consisting mostly of gas, reexports, dried fish, dates

Imports: $6.9 billion (f.o.b., 1984); food, consumer and capital goods

Major trade partners: Japan, EC, US

Budget: (1984) current expenditures, $3.7 billion; development, $0.2 billion; revenue, $3.9 billion

Monetary conversion rate: 3.671 UAE dirhams=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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