The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 1989 (next to be held December 1993 or January 1994);

       results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (46 total, 38 elected)

       Concertation of Parties for Democracy 22 (PDC 13, PPD 5, PR 2, PSD 1, PRSD

       1), RN 6, UDI 2, independents 8

      :Chile Government

      Communists:

       The PCCh has legal party status and has less than 60,000 members

       Other political or pressure groups:

       revitalized university student federations at all major universities

       dominated by opposition political groups; labor - United Labor Central (CUT)

       includes trade unionists from the country's five largest labor

       confederations; Roman Catholic Church

       Member of:

       CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD,

       IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES,

       LAIA, LORCS, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMOGIP,

       UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WFTV, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Patricio SILVA Echenique; Chancery at 1732 Massachusetts Avenue

       NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 785-1746; there are Chilean

       Consulates General in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia,

       and San Francisco

       US:

       Ambassador Curtis KAMMAN; Embassy at Codina Building, 1343 Agustinas,

       Santiago (mailing address is APO AA 34033); telephone [56] (2) 671-0133; FAX

       [56] (2) 699-1141

       Flag:

       two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square

       the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band;

       the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center; design was based

       on the US flag

      :Chile Economy

      Overview:

       The government of President Aylwin, which took power in 1990, has opted to

       retain the orthodox economic policies of Pinochet, although the share of

       spending for social welfare has risen slightly. In 1991 growth in GDP

       recovered to 5.5% (led by consumer spending) after only 2.1% growth in 1990.

       The tight monetary policy of 1990 helped cut the rate of inflation from

       27.3% in 1990 to 18.7% in 1991. Despite a 12% drop in copper prices, the

       trade surplus rose in 1991, and international reserves increased.

       Inflationary pressures are not expected to ease much in 1992, and economic

       growth is likely to approach 7%.

       GDP:

       exchange rate conversion - $30.5 billion, per capita $2,300; real growth

       rate 5.5% (1991 est.)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       18.7% (1991)

       Unemployment rate:

       6.5% (1991)

       Budget:

       revenues $7.6 billion; expenditures $8.3 billion, including capital

       expenditures of $772 million (1991 est.)

       Exports:

       $8.9 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

       commodities:

       copper 50%, other metals and minerals 7%, wood products 6.5%, fish and

       fishmeal 9%, fruits 5% (1989)

       partners:

       EC 36%, US 18%, Japan 14%, Brazil 6% (1989)

       Imports:

       $7.4 billion (f.o.b., 1991)

       commodities:

       petroleum, wheat, capital goods, spare parts, raw materials

       partners:

       EC 20%, US 20%, Japan 11%, Brazil 10% (1989)

       External debt:

       $16.2 billion (October 1991)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 5.9% (1991 est.); accounts for 36% of GDP

       Electricity:

       5,502,800 kW capacity; 21,470 million kWh produced, 1,616 kWh per capita

       (1991)

       Industries:

       copper, other minerals, foodstuffs, fish processing, iron and steel, wood

       and wood products, transport equipment, cement, textiles

       Agriculture:

       accounts for about 9% of GDP (including fishing and forestry); major

       exporter of fruit, fish, and timber products; major crops - wheat, corn,

       grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, deciduous fruit; livestock products -

       beef, poultry, wool; self-sufficient in most foods; 1989 fish catch of 6.1

       million metric tons; net agricultural importer

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $521 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.6 billion;

       Communist countries (1970-89), $386 million

       Currency:

       Chilean peso (plural - pesos); 1 Chilean peso (Ch$) = 100 centavos

       Exchange rates:

       Chilean pesos (Ch$) per US$1 - 368.66 (January 1992), 349.37 (1991), 305.06

       (1990), 267.16 (1989), 245.05 (1988), 219.54 (1987)

      :Chile СКАЧАТЬ