Economy1 (Lithuania)
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     Industries:
         employs 25% of the labor force; its shares in the total production of the
         former USSR are metal-cutting machine tools 6.6%; electric motors 4.6%;
         television sets 6.2%; refrigerators and freezers 5.4%; other production
         includes petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making,
         textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical
         equipment, electronic components, computers, and amber
     Agriculture:
         employs 29% of labor force; sugar, grain, potatoes, sugarbeets, vegetables,
         meat, milk, dairy products, eggs, and fish; most developed are the livestock
         and dairy branches - these depend on imported grain; Lithuania is a net
         exporter of meat, milk, and eggs
     Illicit drugs:
         transshipment point for illicit drugs from Central and Southwest Asia to
         Western Europe
     Economic aid:
         US commitments, including Ex-Im (1992), $10 million; Western (non-US)
         countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-86), $NA million;
         Communist countries (1971-86), $NA million
     Currency:
         as of May 1992, retaining ruble as currency but planning early introduction
         of ``litas''
     Exchange rates:
         NA
     Fiscal year:
         calendar year