Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $3.6 billion (1983), $580 per capita

Natural resources: petroleum, rock salt, small deposits of coal and copper, oil

Agriculture: sorghum and millet, qat (a mild narcotic), cotton, coffee, fruitsand vegetables

Major industries: cotton textiles and leather goods produced on a small scale; handicraft

and some fishing; small aluminum products factory

Electric power: 254,900 kW capacity (1985); 446 million kWh produced (1985), 73 kWh per capita

Exports: $9 million (f.o.b., 1984); qat, cotton, coffee, hides, vegetables

Imports: $14 billion (f.o.b., 1984); textiles and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, and cement (one of the worst export/import ratios in the world)

Major trade partners: China, South Yemen, USSR, Japan, UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia

Budget.· (1984) total receipts, $830 million; current expenditures, $1.1 billionfdevelop-ment expenditures, $480 million

Monetary conversion rate: 6.5 rials=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year: 1 July-30June

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