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: 37.8 million (1998) note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor Labor force--by occupation: agriculture 47%, mining and manufacturing 17%, services 17%, other 19% Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $10.8 billion expenditures: $12 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY96/97) Industries: textiles, food processing, beverages, construction materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp Industrial production growth rate: 2% (FY97/98) Electricity--production: 59.336 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--production by source: fossil fuel: 57.3% hydro: 42.13% nuclear: 0.57% other: 0% (1997) Electricity--consumption: 59.336 billion kWh (1996) Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996) Agriculture--products: cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs Exports: $8.5 billion (FY97/98) Exports--commodities: cotton, textiles, clothing, rice, leather, carpets Exports--partners: EU, US, Hong Kong, Japan Imports: $10.1 billion (FY97/98) Imports--commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals Imports--partners: EU, Japan, US, China Debt--external: $34 billion (1998 est.) Economic aid--recipient: $2 billion (FY97/98) Currency: 1 Pakistani rupee (PRe) = 100 paisa Exchange rates: Pakistani rupees (PRs) per US$1--46.000 (January 1999), 45.033 (1998), 41.086 (1997), 36.056 (1996), 31.623 (1995), 30.548 (1994); note--annual average of official rate; parallel market rate is higher Fiscal year: 1 July--30 June Communications Telephones: 2.828 million (1998) Telephone system: the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite international: satellite earth stations--3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 ope
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