The subsidies assisted North Macedonia to redevelop its "lost" industry and shift its agricultural-centered economy to an industry-centered economy with new hearts of industry emerging all over the country in Veles, Bitola, Shtip and Kumanovo. When World War II ended, the local economy began to experience revitalization by way of subsidies from Federal Belgrade. The stagnation of the regional economy began under the rule of the Kingdom of Serbia. However, outdated techniques to produce the goods persisted. The geographical region of Macedonia was responsible for large outputs of textiles and several other goods in the Ottoman Empire. The role of industry in the region's economy increased during the industrial age. Opium poppy, introduced into the region in 1835, became an important crop as well by the late 19th century, and remained so until the 1930s. It concentrated on pasture farming and vineyard growing. North Macedonia's economy has almost always been completely agricultural in nature from the beginning of the Ottoman Empire when it was part of the District of Üsküp and Province of Salonika. ( June 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. This article's factual accuracy is disputed. North Macedonia experiences one of Europe's biggest growth rates at an average of 4% (even during the political crisis) making it comparable to nations such as Romania and Poland. Inflation jumped to 11% in 2000 largely due to higher oil prices, but the currency has calmed since the exchange rate was normalised when the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement entered into force in 2004. The economy can meet its basic food, coal and hydroelectric power needs but depends on outside sources for all of its petroleum and natural gas and most of its modern machinery and parts.
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Also, the leadership demonstrated a continuing commitment to economic reform, free trade, and regional integration.
Successful privatization in 2000 boosted the country's reserves to over $700 million.
However, growth in 1999 was held down by the severe regional economic dislocations caused by the Kosovo War. The country's GDP has increased each year except in 2001, rising by 5% in 2000. Worker remittances and foreign aid have softened the subsequent volatile recovery period. An absence of infrastructure, United Nations sanctions on its largest market (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and a Greek economic embargo hindered economic growth until 1996. Prior to independence, North Macedonia was Yugoslavia's poorest republic (only 5% of the total federal output of goods and services). The economy of North Macedonia has become more liberalized, with an improved business environment, since its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, which deprived the country of its key protected markets and the large transfer payments from Belgrade. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.