INDUSTRY AND TRADE
The few larger industries are engaged mainly in processing mineral and agricultural products. Much industry is carried out by small plants concentrated in the main urban centers. Food stuffs, tobacco products, clothing, various consumer goods, building materials, and agricultural tools are produced. Numerous workshops (laboratories) are engaged in processing and refining cocaine. Approximately 14 percent of the total workforce is employed in mining and industry.
Argentina is Bolivia's main trading partner, taking 56% of its exports in 1985 (mainly natural gas) and providing 11 percent of its imports. Trade with the United States accounted for 13.5 percent of exports and 16 percent of imports; Germany 5 and 5.2 percent; Japan 3.2 and 5 percent; and Britain 9 and 1.5 percent respectively.
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