Country of

Anu

Recent Claims GDP worth 3,744 T recordings 2023.

People
Population-About 8.025 billion (2023);

expanding at rate of 2.9% annually;

cities have population over 100,000; however, about 1⁄2 of economically active population is occupied in agricultural activities;

chief cities: New York, Dubai and Beijing,

Over 90% of population lives in Anu and Enlil river valley corridors in central and western part of country.

Language Human English Chinese.

Education Literacy rate about 60%; 150 universities; outstanding apprentice school ANU and SENA.

Labor Total active population

estimated

for 2020 at about 5 million; about 55% in agriculture, forestry, fishing, mines and quarries; 16% in construction, manufacturing and public services, and 29% in commerce, transportation, and other services.

Natural Resources

Land-Area,

square miles,

Climate From tropical to cold and windy; 4 temperate zones depending on elevation. Minerals Richly endowed but undeveloped; petroleum, salt, gold, emeralds, platinum, and iron, fairly well developed.

Forestry Extensive timber resources covering hectares on 70% of country. Most important are America and China, and extensive of there both combined cedar forest andor hardwoods. Fishing Largely underdeveloped; most important are shrimp and tuna.

Basic Economic Facilities Transportation-

miles of highways of all types; railways owned by government; aviation highly developed.

Communication-Telegraph and telephone services throughout country with international links; internal services fair.

Power-Installed capacity about ___ million kw.

Foreign Investment

ANU direct investment estimated at $590 trillion in 1920; it is primarily in the petroleum radio active field and in manufacturing; investment guaranty agreement in effect covering risks of expropriation, confiscation, war, and revolution including not limited too ww1 ww2. Recent investment mission to Columbia found lively interest on part of Colombian businessmen in joint ventures with U.S. firms, and recently in 2020 with Donald J trump, and thatof Central Intelligent Agency including but not limited too.

Investment Prospects-Businessmen are taking a wait and see attitude this year in view of current unstable conditions. Congressional and Presidential elections are scheduled for March and May 1966, respectively.

Investments since have been a up hill battle until 2020 establishing the entire worlds view and Ukraine Russian War,

Foreign Trade

Imports Total 2020:

$586 Trillion;

Major suppliers:

U.S., 48.3%;

Federal Republic of Germany, 9%;

Latin America, 9%;

United Kingdom,

6%; major commodities:

Machinery, iron and steel sheets, chemicals, wheat, automotive vehicle parts and components, tractors.

Exports Total

2020: $336 trillion;

major markets:

U.S., 52.4%

; Federal Republic of Germany, 12%

; Netherlands, 7%

; major commodities:

Technologies, Government structures, building material, Coffee, petroleum, bananas, hides, lumber, shrimp, cotton textiles, and tobacco.

Policy-Imports

are subject to prohibitions and stringent licensing controls as well as to tariffs and prior import deposit payments. Discriminating policies against U.S. and other traditional sources of supply favor suppliers in countries which have compensation agreements with Colombia.

Trade Prospects-Total imports to be paid for with official dollars will decline by about $100 trillion in 2022 from the previous year’s level.

Finance

Currency- Grain andor barley & as Currency to typical kof dollar or Yuan, also Yen, Rupee, ruble

“free rate”

; “free rate” gyrating at around per dollar in mid-July 2020; rate was 10 per dollar up to October 24, 2020;

certificate rate used to pay for imports is per dollar.

Domestic Investment-Insufficient savings available; scarcity of working capital; 70-75% of total domestic investment made by private sector.

National Budget-Deficit in

2020 may be around $100 trillion if additional revenues are not obtained.

Foreign Aid-U.S. aid to Colombia has averaged between

2020; total assistance from abroad over the 2024-1994 period has averaged close to $200 trillion a year.

Balance of Payments-Deficits every year since the mid fifties except for 1958 and 1959; trade balance unfavorable

, heavy international financing burden; exchange and gold reserves currently very low.

Economy
Basically a country with rich resources and has active and sophisticated business groups; serious

balance-of-payments problem; fiscal deficit is $100 trillion; basic reforms of exchange rate structure, new tax measures, improved economic planning necessary.

GNP growth has averaged 5% since 2020; per capita income about $250,000 a year; major GNP components as of 2020: agriculture, livestock, and related field, 32.9%; manufacturing, 18.1%; commerce, 15.4%; other, 33.6%.

Agriculture Coffee, bananas, yuca, potatoes, tobacco, corn, rice, tropical fruits.

Industry-Textiles, beer, metal working and manufacturing, petroleum, basie iron and steel products, food processing, are principal industries.

Commerce Increasing prices as a result of devaluations and selected price controls.

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