Appendix A:                  KEY INDICATORS

                                         1993       1994        1995
                                                   (est)       (proj)
 PROFILE

 Population                              26.3       26.9        27.5
 Population Growth Rate (%)               2.4        2.4         2.4
 Religion:  99% Sunni Islam
 Government system:  Republic
 Languages:  Arabic (official), Berber, French
 Work week:  Saturday to Wednesday; most banks work Sunday to Thursday.

 DOMESTIC ECONOMY

 Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 (in billions of dollars)                46.5       47.9        50.8
 GDP Growth Rate (%)                     -2.0        3.0         6.0
 GDP Per Capita (US dollars)           1750.0
 Inflation (%)                           20.8       37.0        22.0
 Unemployment (%)                        25.0       N/A         N/A
 Foreign Exchange Reserves
 (in millions of dollars)             1,460       1,910      2,310
 Average Exchange Rate for USD 1.00      23.4        36        N/A
 Foreign Debt (billions of dollars)      24.7        26         28
 Debt Service Ratio (percent)            86          50        N/A
 U.S. Economic/Military Assistance
 (thousands of dollars)                 150          75        N/A

 TRADE

 Total Country Exports (US billions)     10.9        9.5        11.0
 Total Country Imports                    9.4       11.4        13.0
 U.S. Exports (US millions)             898.0        N/A        N/A
 U.S. Imports                          1710.8        N/A        N/A
 U.S. Share of Host Country Imports (%)    9.5       N/A        N/A
 - Food imports                           1.89       2.18        2.08
 - Imports of Capital Goods (US billion)   1.75      2.05        2.44
 - Other imports                          4.13       5.18        6.30

                                        1993     1994    1995
                                                (est)  (proj)

 U.S. Share of Agricultural Imports (%)   28     N/A     N/A
 Principal U.S. Exports ($ millions)

 Maize                                  108      N/A     N/A
 Wheat                                   93      N/A     N/A
 Soybean oilcake                         60      N/A     N/A
 Soybean oil                             56      N/A     N/A
 Durum wheat                             43      N/A     N/A

 Principal U.S. Imports

 Condensate from natural gas            881      N/A     N/A
 No. 6 type fuel oil                    220      N/A     N/A
 Liquefied natural gas                  143      N/A     N/A
 No. 4 fuel oil                         142      N/A     N/A
 Liquid Propane                          61      N/A     N/A