0 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities:
coffee, sugarcane, shrimp
partners:
US, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Germany
Imports:
$1.9 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods
partners:
US, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Germany
External debt:
$2.6 billion (December 1992)
Industrial production:
growth rate 7.6% (1993)
Electricity:
capacity:
713,800 kW
production:
2.19 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
390 kWh (1992)
Industries:
food processing, beverages, petroleum, nonmetallic products, tobacco,
chemicals, textiles, furniture
Agriculture:
accounts for 24% of GDP and 40% of labor force (including fishing and
forestry); coffee most important commercial crop; other products -
sugarcane, corn, rice, beans, oilseeds, beef, dairy products, shrimp;
not self-sufficient in food
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine; marijuana produced for local
consumption
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $2.95 billion (plus $250
million for 1992-96); Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF
bilateral commitments (1970-89), $525 million
Currency:
1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates:
Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1 - 8.720 (January 1994), 8.670 (1993),
8.4500 (1992), 8.080 (1991), 8.0300 (1990), fixed rate of 5.000
(1986-1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Railroads:
602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; some sections abandoned,
unusable, or operating at reduced capacity
Highways:
total:
10,000 km
paved:
1,500 km
unpaved:
gravel 4,100 km; improved, unimproved earth 4,400 km
Inland waterways:
Rio Lempa partially navigable
Ports:
Acajutla, Cutuco
Airports:
total:
107
usable:
76
with permanent-surface runways:
5
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
6
Telecommunications:
nationwide trunk microwave radio relay system; connection into Central
American Microwave System; 116,000 telephones (21 telephones per 1,000
persons); broadcast stations - 77 AM, no FM, 5 TV, 2 shortwave; 1
Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

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Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 1,351,641; fit for military service 866,010; reach
military age (18) annually 74,181 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange r