est.)

Labor force--by occupation: agriculture 65.2%, industry 14.3%,
trade 10.1%, government 6.3%, other 4.1% (FY88/89 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $7.9 billion
expenditures: $12.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.7
billion (FY96/97)

Industries: agricultural processing; textiles and footwear; wood
and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction
materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer

Industrial production growth rate: 9.2% (FY95/96 est.)

Electricity--production: 3.75 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: 61.33%
hydro: 38.67%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1996)

Electricity--consumption: 3.75 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: paddy rice, corn, oilseed, sugarcane,
pulses; hardwood

Exports: $940 million (1997)

Exports--commodities: pulses and beans, teak, rice, rubber,
hardwood

Exports--partners: India 17%, Singapore 14%, China 11%, Thailand
9%, Japan 4% (1997)

Imports: $2.2 billion (1997)

Imports--commodities: machinery, transport equipment, construction
materials, food products

Imports--partners: Singapore 30%, Japan 17%, China 10%, Thailand
10%, Malaysia 7% (1997)

Debt--external: $4.3 billion (1997 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $156.9 million (1995)

Currency: 1 kyat (K) = 100 pyas

Exchange rates: kyats (K) per US$1--6.1163 (January 1999), 6.3432
(1998), 6.2418 (1997), 5.9176 (1996), 5.6670 (1995), 5.9749 (1994);
unofficial--310-350 (1998)

Fiscal year: 1 April--31 March

Communications

Telephones: 122,195 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: meets minimum requirements for local and
intercity service for business and government; international service
is good
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 2 (1998 est.)

Televisions: 88,000 (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 3,740 km
narrow gauge: 3,740 km 1.000-m gauge (1997)

Highways:
total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km
unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial
vessels

Pipelines: crude oil 1,343 km; natural gas 330 km

Ports and harbors: Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein,
Myitkyina, R