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GDP (2004 est.): $30.88 billion; per capita $1,400. Real growth rate: 1%.

Land: 21%. Agriculture: rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs.

Labour: 9.6 million; agricultural 36%, nonagricultural 64%.

Industry: military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism. Natural resources: coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower.

Exports: $1.2 million (f.o.b., 2003 est.): minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including armaments); textiles and fishery products.

Imports: $2.1 billion (c.i.f., 2003): petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment; textiles, grain. Major trading partners: China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand (2003).



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