United States. Central Intelligence Agency

“ Exports - commodities: textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures Exports - partners: US 20.6%, China 6.4%, UK 5.3%, Hong Kong 4.8%, Germany 4.4% (2003) Imports: $74.15 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Imports - commodities: crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals Imports - partners: US 6.4%, Belgium 5.6%, UK 4.8%, China 4.3%, Singapore 4% (2003) Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: $102.3 billion (2003) Debt - external: $101.7 billion (2003 est.) ”

“ Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry 17%, services 23% (1999) Unemployment rate: 9.5% (2003) Budget: revenues: $86.69 billion
expenditures: $114.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $13.5 billion (2003) Public debt: 59.7% of GDP (2003) Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish Industries: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (2003 est.) ”

“ Kanchenjunga 8,598 m Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world) , iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land Land use: arable land: 54.4%
permanent crops: 2.74%
other: 42.86% (2001) Irrigated land: 590,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification ”

“ President Abdul KALAM (since 26 July 2002) ; Vice President Bhairon Singh SHEKHAWAT (since 19 August 2002)
elections: president elected by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament and the legislatures of the states for a five-year term; election last held NA July 2002 (next to be held 18 July 2007) ; vice president elected by both houses of Parliament for a five-year term; election last held 12 August 2002 (next to be held NA August 2007) ; prime minister chosen by parliamentary members of the majority party following legislative elections ”