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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Georgia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Georgia's main economic activities include the cultivation of agricultural products such as citrus fruits, tea, hazelnuts, and grapes; mining of manganese and copper; and output of a small industrial sector producing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, metals, machinery, and chemicals. |
 | | Georgia's new government is making progress in reforming the tax code, enforcing taxes, and cracking down on corruption. |
 | | Georgia also suffers from energy shortages; it privatized the T'bilisi electricity distribution network in 1998, but payment collection rates remain low, both in T'bilisi and throughout the regions. |
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