<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Brunei<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> The economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for more than 50% of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the highest in the Third World, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements domestic production. The government provides for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing.
<item>• <hi format=ital>commodities:</hi> machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals
<item>• <hi format=ital>partners:</hi> Singapore 35%, UK 26%, Switzerland 9%, US 9%, Japan 5% (1990)
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<item><hi format=bold>External debt:</hi> $0
<item><hi format=bold>Industrial production:</hi> growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 52.4% of GDP
<item><hi format=bold>Electricity:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>capacity:</hi> 310,000 kW
<item>• <hi format=ital>production:</hi> 890 million kWh
<item>• <hi format=ital>consumption per capita:</hi> 3,300 kWh (1990)
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<item><hi format=bold>Industries:</hi> petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and livestock include rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $20.6 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $153 million
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<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 Bruneian dollar (B$)=100 cents
<item><hi format=bold>Exchange rates:</hi> Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1—1.6032 (January 1994), 1.6158 (1993), 1.6290 (1992), 1.7276 (1991), 1.8125 (1990), 1.9503 (1989); note—the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar
<item><hi format=bold>Fiscal year:</hi> calendar year