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sugar refining, flour milling, textiles, cement, light assembly industries based on imported parts
coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum; wood
manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa
Export partners US 83.9%, Dominican Republic 6.6%, Canada 2.4% (2002)
80% of the population lives in abject poverty
GDP purchasing power parity - $1,400
major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption
1 out of 15 people is HIV positive in Haiti
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