Still high degree of socialism and centralized buying by government agencies for department, hardware, and food store chains. 3 Wine is the most important product of agriculture. Main export goods are machinery and transport equipment and chemicals. 2,004.8 2.8 Agriculture and industry are equally important. The former produces potato, sugarbeet, wine, the latter extracts lignite, hard coal, potash salts.
Manufacturers produce chemical products, transport equipment, metal products.
Germany is the third largest producer and the 2nd largest exporter of motorcars. 76.7 1.7 Tourism and agriculture are the most important sources of foreign exchange. Tenth of the export earnings come from the export of fruit and vegetables. The financial and tourism sectors are of increasing importance. Heavy industry is based on petroleum and lignite.