1988 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1988 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Member of
ADB, ANRPC, ASEAN, Colombo Plan, Commonwealth, ESCAP, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ISO, ITU, NAM, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WTO
Economy
Agriculture
occupies a position of minor importance in the economy, self-sufficient in pork (but pig farming outlawed as of 1985), poultry, and eggs; must import much of its other food requirements; major crops — rubber, copra, fruit and vegetables
Electric power
3,486,000 kW capacity; 10,080 million kWh produced, 3,900 kWh per capita (1986)
Exports
$22.8 billion (f.o.b., 1985); manufactured goods, petroleum, rubber, electronics
Fishing
catch 22,761 metric tons, imports—102,139 metric tons, exports 56,841 metric tons (1985)
GDP
$17.25 billion (1985 est.), $6,740 per capita; (1985 est.) real growth rate 1.9% (1986 est.)
Imports
$26.3 billion (c.i.f., 1985); major retained imports — capital equipment, manufactured goods, petroleum
Major industries
petroleum refining, electronics, oil drilling equipment, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, entrepot trade, financial services, biotechnology
Major trade partners
exports — US, Malaysia, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Australia, FRG; imports — Japan, US, Malaysia,