machinery and transport equipment (30%), other manufacturers (37%),
chemicals (11%), food and live animals (9%), raw materials (6.5%), fuels and
lubricants (5%)
partners:
principally the other former Yugoslav republics
Imports:
$4.4 billion (1990)
commodities:
machinery and transport equipment (21%), fuels and lubricants (19%), food
and live animals (16%), chemicals (14%), manufactured goods (13%),
miscellaneous manufactured articles (9%), raw materials (6.5%), beverages
and tobacco (1%)
partners:
principally other former Yugoslav republics
External debt:
$2.6 billion (may assume some part of foreign debt of former Yugoslavia)
Industrial production:
declined as much as 11% in 1990 and probably another 29% in 1991
Electricity:
3,570,000 kW capacity; 8,830 million kWh produced, 1,855 kWh per capita
1991)
Industries:
chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal, electronics, pig
iron and rolled steel products, aluminum reduction, paper, wood products
(including furniture), building materials (including cement), textiles,
shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum refining, food processing and
beverages
:Croatia Economy
Agriculture:
Croatia normally produces a food surplus; most agricultural land in private
hands and concentrated in Croat-majority districts in Slavonia and Istria;
much of Slavonia's land has been put out of production by fighting; wheat,
corn, sugar beets, sunflowers, alfalfa, and clover are main crops in
Slavonia; central Croatian highlands are less fertile but support cereal
production, orchards, vineyards, livestock breeding, and dairy farming;
coastal areas and offshore islands grow olives, citrus fruits, and
vegetables
Economic aid:
NA
Currency:
Croatian dinar(s)
Exchange rates:
Croatian dinar per US $1 - 60.00 (April 1992)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
:Croatia Communications
Railroads:
2,698 km (34.5% electrified)
Highways:
32,071 km total (1990); 23,305 km paved, 8,439 km gravel, 327 km earth
Inland waterways:
785 km perennially navigable
Pipelines:
crude oil 670 km, petroleum products 20 km, natural gas 310 km
Ports:
maritime - Rijeka, Split, Kardeljevo (Ploce); inland - Vukovar, Osijek,
Sisak, Vinkovci
Merchant marine:
11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 60,802 GRT/65,560 DWT; includes 1
cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off, 5 passenger ferries, 2 bulk carriers; note - also
controlled by Croatian shipowners are 196 ships (1,000 GRT or over) under
flags of convenience - primarily Malta and St. Vincent - totaling 2,593,429
GRT/4,101,119 DWT; includes 91 general cargo, 7 roll-on/ roll-off, 6
refrigerated cargo, 13 container ships, 3 multifunction large load carriers,
52 bulk carriers, 3 passenger ships, 11 petroleum tankers, 4 chemical
tankers, 6 service vessels
Civil air:
NA major transport aircraft
Airports:
8 total, NA usable; NA with permanent-surface runways; NA with runways over
3,659 m; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m; 1 with
runways 900 m
Telecommunications:
350,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 14 AM, 8 FM, 12 (2 repeaters) TV;
1,100,000 radios; 1,027,000 TVs; NA submarine coaxial cables; satellite
ground stations - none
:Croatia Defense Forces
Branches:
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Frontier Guard,
Home Guard, Civil Defense
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 1,188,576; NA fit for military service; 42,664 reach military
age (18) annually
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP
:Cuba Geography
Total area:
110,860 km2
Land area:
110,860 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land boundaries:
29.1 km; US Naval Base at Guantanamo 29.1 km
note:
Guantanamo is leased and as such remains part of Cuba
Coastline:
3,735 km
Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
US Naval Base at Guantanamo is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US
abandonment of the area can terminate the lease
Climate:
tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy
season (May to October)
Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the
southeast
Natural resources:
cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica
Land use:
arable land 23%; permanent crops 6%; meadows and pastures 23%; forest and
woodland 17%; other 31%; includes irrigated 10%
Environment:
averages one hurricane every other year
Note:
largest country in Caribbean; 145 km south of Florida
:Cuba People
Population:
10,846,821 (July 1992), growth rate 1.0% (1992)
Birth rate:
17 births/1,000 population (1992)