Economy |
GDP growth rate
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5% (2006 est.)
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Unemployment rate
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13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (2006 est.)
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Inflation rate
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2.4% (2006 est.)
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Agriculture products
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Wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products
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Industries
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Food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower
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Exports
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$792.9 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)
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Export commodities
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Textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco
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Export partners
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Italy 67.7%, Serbia and Montenegro 5.8%, Greece 5.4% (2006)
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Imports
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$2.916 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
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Import commodities
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Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals
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Import partners
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Italy 32.1%, Greece 17.7%, Turkey 8.1%, Germany 5.7% (2006)
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