Uganda+Economics

** The Economics of Uganda **
 * = =History= ||= =Geography= ||= =Culture= ||= =Economics= ||= =Politics= ||= =Class Activities= ||= =Resources= ||


 * Currency: The Ugandan Shilling. (1 U.S. dollar = 2512.5 Ugandan Shillings)


 * Gross Domestic Product (2010): $17.02 billion.
 * GDP Growth % (2010): 5.1%

Agriculture
**__Cash Crops__:**
 * Coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, tapioca, potatoes, corn, millet, and cut flowers.

**__Food Crops__**:
 * Bananas, corn, tapioca, potatoes, millet, pulses.

**__Livestock & Fisheries__**:
 * Beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, Nile perch, and tilapia.

Industry

 * Processes agricultural goods and produces cement, consumer goods, and textiles.

Trade
**__Exports__ (2010): $2.9 billion** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Uganda's major markets for their exports are: South Sudan, European Union, Kenya, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Coffee, fish (fish products), tea, tobacco, textiles, cement, corn, electricity.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**__Imports__ (2010): $4.5 billion** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Uganda's major suppliers of goods are: Kenya, United Arab Empires, China, India, South Africa, Japan, and Germany.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Petroleum, road vehicles, cereal, industrial machinery, steel and iron, and medical or pharmaceutical supplies**.**

Information Gathered From: [|http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm#profile] [] [|http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=UGX;amt=1]

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