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Agriculture accounts for about 15% of the gross domestic product. Rice is the principal crop, and sugarcane, coffee, bananas, and coconuts are also cultivated. Suriname is one of the world's great producers of bauxite, which accounts for about 70% of export revenues. Other exports are alumina, rice, wood and wood products, fish, shrimps, and bananas. The leading industries process bauxite, alumina, foodstuffs, fish, and timber. Fluctuations in world bauxite prices have a strong impact on the country's economy.
Suriname operates under the constitution of 1987. Executive power is held by the president, who is elected by the unicameral national assembly for a five-year term. Members of the national assembly are elected by popular vote and also serve five-year terms. The country is divided into ten administrative districts.
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