Names: conventional long form: Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste conventional short form: East Timor local long form: Republika Demokratika Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste [Portuguese] local short form: Timor Lorosa'e [Tetum]; Timor-Leste [Portuguese] former: Portuguese Timor

Capital City: Dili

Population: 1,062,777 note: other estimates range as low as 800,000 (July 2006 est.)

GDP Per Capita: $800 (2005 est.)

Currency: US dollar (USD)

Languages: Tetum (official), Portuguese (official), Indonesian, English note: there are about 16 indigenous languages; Tetum, Galole, Mambae, and Kemak are spoken by significant numbers of people

Total Area: total: 15,007 sq km land: NA sq km water: NA sq km slightly larger than Connecticut

Region: Asia

Industries: printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth

Agriculture: coffee, rice, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, soybeans, cabbage, mangoes, bananas, vanilla

Resources: gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble

Labor Force: NA
agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

Exports: $10 million; note - excludes oil (2005 est.)
coffee, sandalwood, marble; note - potential for oil and vanilla exports

Imports: $202 million (2004 est.)
food, gasoline, kerosene, machinery

Overview: In late 1999, about 70% of the economic infrastructure of East Timor was laid waste by Indonesian troops and anti-independence militias, and 300,000 people fled westward. Over the next three years, however, a massive international program, manned by 5,000 peacekeepers (8,000 at peak) and 1,300 police officers, led to substantial reconstruction in both urban and rural areas. By the end of 2005, all refugees either returned or resettled in Indonesia. The country faces great challenges in continuing the rebuilding of infrastructure, strengthening the infant civil administration, and generating jobs for young people entering the work force. The development of oil and gas resources in nearby waters has begun to supplement government revenues ahead of schedule and above expectations - the result of high petroleum prices - but the technology-intensive industry does little to create jobs for the unemployed, because there are no production facilities in Timor and the gas is piped to Australia. The parliament in June 2005 unanimously approved the creation of a Petroleum Fund to serve as a repository for all petroleum revenues and preserve the value of East Timor's petroleum wealth for future generations.

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In 2007 Missouri exported $91,304 in goods to East Timor. This ranks East Timor 178^th among the 223 international buyers of Missouri goods. Missouri exports to East Timor increased from the previous year by 38,687 a change of 73.53. State exports to East Timor have decreased over the last 5 years by 91,304 a change of -173.53. Missouri exports account for .00%. of all 2007 US exports to East Timor.