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Economy (Serbia and Montenegro 2. usage)
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     Electricity:
       8,850,000 kW capacity; 42,000 million kWh produced, 3,950 kWh per capita
       (1992)
     Industries:
       machine building (aircraft, trucks, and automobiles; armored vehicles and
       weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural machinery), metallurgy (steel,
       aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium), mining
       (coal, bauxite, nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone), consumer goods
       (textiles, footwear, foodstuffs, appliances), electronics, petroleum
       products, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals
     Agriculture:
       the fertile plains of Vojvodina produce 80% of the cereal production of the
       former Yugoslavia and most of the cotton, oilseeds, and chicory; Vojvodina
       also produces fodder crops to support intensive beef and dairy production;
       Serbia proper, although hilly, has a well-distributed rainfall and a long
       growing season; produces fruit, grapes, and cereals; in this area, livestock
       production (sheep and cattle) and dairy farming prosper; Kosovo produces
       fruits, vegetables, tobacco, and a small amount of cereals; the mountainous
       pastures of Kosovo and Montenegro support sheep and goat husbandry;
       Montenegro has only a small agriculture sector, mostly near the coast where
       a Mediterranean climate permits the culture of olives, citrus, grapes, and
       rice
     Illicit drugs:
       NA
     Economic aid:
       NA
     Currency:
       1 Yugoslav New Dinar (YD) = 100 paras
     Exchange rates:
       Yugoslav New Dinars (YD) per US $1 - 28.230 (December 1991), 15.162 (1990),
       15.528 (1989), 0.701 (1988), 0.176 (1987)
     Fiscal year:   calendar year



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