Economy1 (Thailand)
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     Agriculture:
         accounts for 12% of GDP and 60% of labor force; leading producer and
         exporter of rice and cassava (tapioca); other crops - rubber, corn,
         sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans; except for wheat, self-sufficient in food
     Illicit drugs:
         a minor producer, major illicit trafficker of heroin, particularly from
         Burma and Laos, and cannabis for the international drug market; eradication
         efforts have reduced the area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some
         production to neighboring countries; opium poppy cultivation has been
         affected by eradication efforts
     Economic aid:
         US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $870 million; Western (non-US)
         countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $8.6 billion; OPEC
         bilateral aid (1979-89), $19 million
     Currency:
         baht (plural - baht); 1 baht (B) = 100 satang
     Exchange rates:
         baht (B) per US$1 - 25.614 (March 1992), 25.517 (1991), 25.585 (1990),
         25.702 (1989), 25.294 (1988), 25.723 (1987)
     Fiscal year:
         1 October-30 September