Cuba\'s economy at a glance:

[El Presidente]

Cuba's economy at a glance:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), purchasing power parity: $46.22 billion

GDP real growth rate: 11.1 percent

GDP per capita: $4,100

Labor force: 4.82 million

State sector: 78 percent

Non-state sector: 22 percent (2006 est.)

Labor force by occupation:

Agriculture: 20 percent

Industry: 19.4 percent

Services: 60.6 percent

Industrial production growth rate: 17.6 percent (2006 est.)

Exports: $2.956 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Export commodities: sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee

Imports: $9.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Import commodities: petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Source: The World Fact Book, Central Intelligence Agency, 2006 est.

[Ginseng]

Good info, Rob. I can add the following:

Exports - 2005, USD

Sugar - 159.5

Nickel - 1,097.6

Tobacco products - 242.8

Fish products - 84.6

Imports - 2005, USD

Machinery and equipment - 1,797.4

Foodstuffs - 1,616.7

Fuel - 1,759.0

Chemicals - 604.3

Top Export Partners - 2005, % of total

Netherlands - 28.4

Canada - 20.7

Venezuela - 11.4

Spain - 7.6

Top Import Partners - 2005, % of total

Venezuela - 24.7

Spain - 11.8

China - 8.7

U.S. 6.2

Nominal GDP by expenditure - 2005, million USD

Export of Goods and Services - 9,369.6

Import of Goods and Services - 8,246.8

Nominal GDP by expenditure - 2006, million USD

Export of Goods and Services - 12,981.9

Import of Goods and Services - 10,338.7

Source: Cuba Country Profile 2007, Economist Intelligence Unit

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