molasses, wood
partners: US 38%, UK, other EC (1994)

Imports: $281 million (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, food,
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals
partners: US 53%, UK, other EC, Mexico (1994)

External debt: $167.5 million (1992)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Belizean dollars (Bz$) per US$1 - 2.00 (fixed rate)

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 2,560 km
paved: 336 km
unpaved: 2,224 km (1987 est.)

Waterways: 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft;
seasonally navigable

Ports: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda

Merchant marine:
total: 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 311,731 GRT/470,272 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 60, container 6, liquefied gas tanker
1, oil tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4,
specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 35
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 25
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 8 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 15,917 (1990 est.)

Telephone system: above-average system
domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 1

Televisions: 27,048 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Belize Defense Force (includes Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Volunteer Guard), Belize National Police

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 52,290
males fit for military service: 31,086
males reach military age (18) annually: 2,390 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $8.1 million, NA%
of GDP (FY95/96)

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@Benin
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Map
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Location: 9 30 N, 2 15 E -- Western Africa, bordering the North
Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo

Flag
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Description: two equal horizontal bands of yellow (top) and red
with a vertical green band on the hoist side

Geography
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Location: Western Africa, bordering the N