United Kingdom Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $426.3 billion (1984), $7,640 per capita; 60.3% consumption, 17.1% investment, 21.6% government; 0.0% stockbuilding, 1.0% net foreign balance, real growth 2.0% (1984)

Natural resources: coal, oil, gas (North Sea), tin, limestone, iron salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, lead, silica

Agriculture: mixed farming predominates; main products—wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, livestock, dairy products, 62.1%-self-sufficient (1983); dependent on imports for more than half of consumption of refined sugar, butter, oils and fats, bacon and ham

Ι-ishtng: catch 846,535 metric tons (1983); imports 707,000 metric tons (1983), exports 379,000 metric tons (1983)

Major industries, machinery and transport equipment, metals, food processing, paper and paper products, textiles, chemicals, clothing

Crude steel: 15 2 million metric tons produced (19841; 267 kg per capita (1984), 23.6 million tons capacity (1984)

Electric pouer- 95,533,000 kW capacity (1985); 292 661 billion kWh produced (1985), 5,186 kWh per capita

Exports: $94.2 billion (f.o.b., 1984); manu factured goods, machinery, fuels, chemicals, semifinished goods, transport equipment

imports: $105.2 billion (c.i.f., 1984); manufactured goods, machinery semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

Major trade partners-exports—44.8% EG (10.6% FRG, 10% France, 8.7% Netherlands), 14.4% US, 2.3% Communist (1984); imports—44 7% EC(14.1% FRG, 7.8% Netherlands, 7.5% France), 11.9% US, 2.6% Communist (1984)

Aid: donor—ODA and OOF economic aid commitments (1970-82) $14.4 billion

Budget: national and local government revenues (FY85 est.), $208.6 billion expenditures, $221.2 billion; deficit $12.6 billion

Monetary conversion rate· 0.701 pound sterling=US$l (December 1985)

Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

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