ure and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export -
vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra; principal food crops -
coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of
ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla;
large net food importer
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY80-89), $10 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $435
million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $22 million; Communist
countries (1970-89), $18 million
Currency:
1 Comoran franc (CF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates:
Comoran francs (CF) per US$1 - 444.03 (January 1994), 254.57 (1993),
264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989)
note:
beginning 12 January 1994, the Comoran franc was devalued to 75 per
French franc from 50 per French franc at which it had been fixed since
1948
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Comoros, Communications

Highways:
total:
750 km
paved:
bituminous 210 km
unpaved:
crushed stone, gravel 540 km
Ports:
Mutsamudu, Moroni
Airports:
total:
4
usable:
4
with permanent-surface runways:
4
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
3
Telecommunications:
sparse system of radio relay and high-frequency radio communication
stations for interisland and external communications to Madagascar and
Reunion; over 1,800 telephones; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM, no TV

@Comoros, Defense Forces

Branches:
Comoran Defense Force (FDC)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 112,918; fit for military service 67,522
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

@Congo, Geography

Location:
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean between Gabon and
Zaire
Map references:
Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
342,000 sq km
land area:
341,500 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Montana
Land boundaries:
total 5,504 km, Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African
Republic 467 km, Gabon 1,903 km, Zaire 2,410 km
Coastline:
169 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea:
200 nm
International disputes:
long segment of boundary with Zaire along the Congo River is
indefinite (no division of the river or its islands has been made)
Climate:
tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October);
constantly high temperatu