United States Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $3,662.8 billion (1984 est.); $2,186 5 billion (65%) personal consumption, $501.0 billion (14.9%) private investment, $701.8 billion (20.9 %) government, — $25.9 billion (— .07%) net exports; $ 11,338 per capita; annual growth rate 6.8% (1984)

Natural resources: coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc

Agriculture: food grains, feed crops, oilbearing crops, cattle, dairy products

Fishing: catch 4,143 thousand metric tons (1983); 13.0 lb per capita consumption (1981); imports $4 173 billion (1981); exports $1.156billion, (1981); est. value, $2,388 billion (1981)

Crude steel: 83.9 million metric tons produced (1984)

Natural gas: 18.5 trillion cubic feet produced (1984)

Electric power: (public utilities only) 705,961,000 kW capacity (1985); 2,679.857 billion (net) kWh produced (1985), 11,220 kWh per capita

Exports. $17,034.2 million (f.o.b., 1985); machinery, chemicals, transport equipment, agricultural products

Imports-$31,349.1 million (c.i.f., 1985); crude and partly refined petroleum, machinery, transport equipment (mainly new automobiles)

Major trade partners: exports—$ 4,030 million Canada, $1,925.7 million Japan, $1 015.7 rrillion Mexico, $842.8 million UK, $651.4 million FRG (1985); imports— $6,153.8 million Canada. $6,451.8 million Japan, $1 479.4 million Mexico $1,300.1 million UK, $1,807.5 million FRG (1985)

Aid: obligations and loan authorizations, including Ex-Im (FY82), economic $11.2 billion, military (FY82) $4.2 billion

Budget: (1985) receipts, $763,768 billion outlays, $930,635 billion; deficit, $123.3 billion

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