Appendix A. Tables

Table 1. Metric Conversion Coofficients and Factors


When you kow	Multiply by	To find
Millimeters	0.04	inches
Centimeters	0.39	inches
Meters	3.3	feet
Kilometers	0.62	miles
Hectares	2.47	acres
Square kilometers	0.39	square miles
Cubic meters	35.3	cubic feet
Liters	0.26	gallons
Kilograms	2.2	pounds
Metric tons	0.98	long tons
	1.1	short tons
	2,204	pounds
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)	1.8 and add 32	degrees Fahrenheit

Table 2: Belarus: Births and Deaths, 1987-90

Year	Live Births		Deaths
	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population	Number¹	Number per Thousand Population
1987	162,900	16.1	99,900	9.9
1988	163,200	16.1	102,700	10.1
1989	153,500	15.0	103,500	10.1
1990	n.a.	n.a.	109,600	10.7

Source: Based on information from The Europa World Year Book, 1994, 1, London, 1994, 492.

Table 3: Belarus: Agricultural Production, 1990-93

**(in thousands of tons unless otherwise specified)**
Commodity	1990	1991	1992	1993
Eggs	3,657	3,718	3,502	3,516
Flax	52	76	61	57
Grain	7,035	6,296	7,230	7,508
Meat	1,758	1,590	1,442	1,242
Milk	7,457	6,812	5,885	5,584
Potatoes	8,590	8,958	8,984	11,644
Sugar beets	1,479	1,147	1,120	1,569
Live animals (thousands)
Cattle	6,975	6,577	6,221	5,851
Pigs	5,051	4,703	4,308	4,181
Sheep	403	380	336	271

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, Belarus, Washington, 1994, 72.

Table 4: Belarus: Production of Selected Industrial Commodities, 1990-93

**(in thousands of tons unless otherwise specified)**
Commodity	1990	1991	1992	1993
Timber (millions of cubic meters)	6.9	6.7	6.5	6.2
Plywood (thousands of cubic meters)	192	164	157	133
Mineral fertilizers (millions of tons)	6.0	5.2	4.1	2.5
Cement	2,258	2,402	2,263	1,908
Synthetic fibers	453	443	385	293
Cotton yarn	50.5	50.5	44.9	35.2
Wool yarn	40.2	34.8	30.3	28.2
Linen yarn	30.0	24.4	27.2	20.8
Electricity (billions of kilowatt-hours)	39.5	38.7	37.6	33.4
Steel	1,112	1,123	1,105	946
Tractors (thousands)	100.7	95.5	96.1	82.4
Motorcycles (thousands)	225	214	165	128
Bicycles (thousands)	846	815	724	603
Radios (thousands)	979	932	721	768
Television sets (thousands)	1,302	1,103	798	610
Refrigerators (thousands)	728	743	740	738

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, Belarus, Washington, 1994, 79.

Table 5: Belarus: Freight Turnover, 1990-93

**(in millions of tons)**
	1990	1991	1992	1993
Rail freight	119	111	96	71.5
Truck freight	428	406	304	n.a

Source: Based on information from United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1994, Washington, 1994, 59; and Paul M. Gregory and Jeffrey S. Glover, "Outlook for Belarus," Review and Outlook for the Former Soviet Union, Washington, March 1995, 116.

Table 6: Belarus: Trade with Other Countries of the Former Soviet Union, 1992 and 1993

**(in millions of Russian rubles)**
Country	1992			1993
	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance	Exports	Imports	Trade Balance
Armenia	1,071	1,380	-309	5,266	3,952	1,314
Azerbaijan	5,685	2,774	2,911	19,172	13,322	5,850
Estonia	3,242	925	2,317	10,625	4,520	6,105
Georgia	1,696	1,193	503	3,788	4,111	-323
Kazakhstan	19,340	15,165	4,175	149,290	262,559	-113,269
Kyrgyzstan	1,629	1,230	399	5,105	11,473	-6,368
Latvia	8,161	5,164	2,997	56,065	28,325	27,740
Lithuania	8,895	7,955	940	68,308	66,560	1,748
Moldova	9,073	6,356	2,717	107,529	34,509	73,020
Russia	215,833	279,248	-63,415	2,194,852	3,344,168	-1,149,316
Tajikistan	1,597	991	606	15,972	4,614	11,358
Turkmenistan	4,188	2,194	1,994	13,043	7,963	5,080
Ukraine	86,576	85,013	1,563	539,987	511,680	28,307
Uzbekistan	12,780	7,492	5,288	52,988	38,627	14,361
TOTAL	379,766	417,080	-37,314	3,241,990	4,336,383	-1,094,393

Source: Based on information from International Monetary Fund, Belarus, Washington, 1994, 123.

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