7.1%), US 8.8%, Japan
3.4%
Imports:
$60.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities:
agricultural products, machinery and transportation equipment,
chemicals, textiles, construction materials
partners:
Western Europe 79.2% (EC countries 72.3%, other 6.9%), US 6.4%
External debt:
$NA
Industrial production:
growth rate 0% (1993 est.)
Electricity:
capacity:
17,710,000 kW
production:
56 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
8,200 kWh (1992)
Industries:
machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments
Agriculture:
dairy farming predominates; less than 50% self-sufficient in food;
must import fish, refined sugar, fats and oils (other than butter),
grains, eggs, fruits, vegetables, meat
Illicit drugs:
money-laundering center
Economic aid:
donor:
ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $3.5 billion
Currency:
1 Swiss franc, franken, or franco (SwF) = 100 centimes, rappen, or
centesimi
Exchange rates:
Swiss francs, franken, or franchi (SwF) per US$1 - 1.715 (January
1994), 1.4776 (1993), 1.4062 (1992), 1.4340 (1991), 1.3892 (1990),
1.6359 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Railroads:
4,418 km total; 3,073 km are government owned and 1,345 km are
nongovernment owned; the government network consists of 2,999 km
1.435-meter standard gauge and 74 km 1.000-meter narrow gauge track;
1,432 km double track, 99% electrified; the nongovernment network
consists of 510 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, and 835 km 1.000-meter
gauge, 100% electrified
Highways:
total:
71,106 km
paved:
71,106 km (including 1,502 km of expressways)
Inland waterways:
65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to Bodensee); 12
navigable lakes
Pipelines:
crude oil 314 km; natural gas 1,506 km
Ports:
Basel (river port)
Merchant marine:
23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 337,455 GRT/592,213 DWT, bulk
10, cargo 4, chemical tanker 5, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo
2, specialized tanker 1
Airports:
total:
70
usable:
69
with permanent-surface runways:
42
with runways over 3,659 m:
3
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
4
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
18
Telecommunications:
excellent domestic, international, and broadcast services; 5,890,000
telephones; extensive cable and microwave networks; broadcast stations
- 7 AM, 265 FM, 18 (1,322 repeaters) TV; communications satellite
earth station operating in t