rtners:

Brazil 30.4%, US 22.8%, Argentina 14.4%, China 8.6% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$51.09 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$2.463 billion (31 December 2007)

Debt - external:

$3.492 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$2.057 million (2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$233.8 million (2005)

Currency (code):

guarani (PYG)

Currency code:

PYG

Exchange rates:

guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178
(2005), 5,974.6 (2004), 6,424.3 (2003)

Communications
Paraguay

Telephones - main lines in use:

453,800 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.33 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: meager telephone service; principal switching
center is in Asuncion
domestic: the fixed-line market is a state monopoly; deficiencies in
provision of fixed-line service have resulted in a rapid expansion
of mobile-cellular services fostered by competition among multiple
providers
international: country code - 595; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 41, FM 121, shortwave 6 (3 inactive) (2006)

Radios:

925,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (2007)

Televisions:

990,000 (2001)

Internet country code:

.py

Internet hosts:

19,691 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

4 (2000)

Internet users:

280,000 (2007)

Transportation
Paraguay

Airports:

838 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 13
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 825
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 267
under 914 m: 532 (2007)

Railways:

total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (2000)

Waterways:

3,100 km (2007)

Merchant marine:

total: 23
by type: cargo 18, carrier 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll
on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 6 (Argentina 5, Netherlands 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Military
Paraguay

Military branches:

Army, National Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Naval Aviation,
Marine Corps, General Naval Prefecture), Air Force (Fue