Economy1 (Poland)
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     Agriculture:
         accounts for 15% of GDP and 27% of labor force; 75% of output from private
         farms, 25% from state farms; productivity remains low by European standards;
         leading European producer of rye, rapeseed, and potatoes; wide variety of
         other crops and livestock; major exporter of pork products; normally
         self-sufficient in food
     Illicit drugs:
         illicit producers of opium for domestic consumption and amphetamines for the
         international market; emerging as a transshipment point for illicit drugs to
         Western Europe
     Economic aid:
         donor - bilateral aid to non-Communist less developed countries, $2.2
         billion (1954-89); note - the G-24 has pledged $8 billion in grants and
         credit guarantees to Poland
     Currency:
         Zoty (plural - Zotych); 1 Zoty (Z) = 100 groszy
     Exchange rates:
         Zotych (z) per US$1 - 13,443 (March 1992), 10,576 (1991), 9,500 (1990),
         1,439.18 (1989), 430.55 (1988), 265.08 (1987)
     Fiscal year:
         calendar year