Economy1 (Finland)
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     Industries:
         metal products, shipbuilding, forestry and wood processing (pulp, paper),
         copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing
     Agriculture:
         accounts for 8% of GDP (including forestry); livestock production,
         especially dairy cattle, predominates; forestry is an important export
         earner and a secondary occupation for the rural population; main crops -
         cereals, sugar beets, potatoes; 85% self-sufficient, but short of foodgrains
         and fodder grains; annual fish catch about 160,000 metric tons
     Economic aid:
         donor - ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $2.7 billion
     Currency:
         markka (plural - markkaa); 1 markka (FMk) or Finmark = 100 pennia
     Exchange rates:
         markkaa (FMk) per US$1 - 4.2967 (January 1992), 4.0440 (1991), 3.8235
         (1990), 4.2912 (1989), 4.1828 (1988), 4.3956 (1987)
     Fiscal year:
         calendar year