illion (f.o.b, 1993 est.)
commodities:
machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food,
livestock, lubricants
partners:
Japan 20%, UAE 14%, UK 19%, US 7% (1991)
External debt:
$3 billion (1993)
Industrial production:
growth rate 8.6% (1991); accounts for almost 60% of GDP, including
petroleum
Electricity:
capacity:
1,142,400 kW
production:
5.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
3,200 kWh (1992)
Industries:
crude oil production and refining, natural gas production,
construction, cement, copper
Agriculture:
accounts for 4% of GDP and 40% of the labor force (including fishing);
less than 2% of land cultivated; largely subsistence farming (dates,
limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables, camels, cattle); not
self-sufficient in food; annual fish catch averages 100,000 metric
tons
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $137 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $148
million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $797 million
Currency:
1 Omani rial (RO) = 1,000 baiza
Exchange rates:
Omani rials (RO) per US$1 - 0.3845 (fixed rate since 1986)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Highways:
total:
26,000 km
paved:
6,000 km
unpaved:
motorable track 20,000 km
Pipelines:
crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas 1,030 km
Ports:
Mina' Qabus, Mina' Raysut, Mina' al Fahl
Merchant marine:
1 passenger ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,442 GRT/1,320 DWT
Airports:
total:
138
usable:
130
with permanent-surface runways:
6
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
9
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
74
Telecommunications:
modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radio
communications stations; limited coaxial cable; 50,000 telephones;
broadcast stations - 2 AM, 3 FM, 7 TV; satellite earth stations - 2
Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT, and 8 domestic

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Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal Oman Police
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 382,793; fit for military service 217,755; reach
military age (14) annually 22,118 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $1.6 billion, 16% of GDP (1993 est.)

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