ls; Bolivia, however, is the second-largest
producer of harvested coca leaf; even so, voluntary and forced
eradication programs resulted in leaf production dropping from
89,800 metric tons in 1994 to 85,000 tons in 1995; government
considers all but 12,000 hectares illicit; intermediate coca
products and cocaine exported to or through Colombia and Brazil to
the US and other international drug markets; alternative crop
program aims to reduce illicit coca cultivation

Exports: $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: metals 39%, natural gas 9%, soybeans 11%, jewelry 11%,
wood 8%
partners: US 26%, Argentina 15% (1993 est.)

Imports: $1.21 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: capital goods 48%, chemicals 11%, petroleum 5%, food 5%
(1993 est.)
partners: US 24%, Argentina 13%, Brazil 11%, Japan 11% (1993 est.)

External debt: $4.4 billion (November 1995)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $362 million (1993)

Currency: 1 boliviano ($B) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: bolivianos ($B) per US$1 - 4.9137 (December 1995),
4.8003 (1995), 4.6205 (1994), 4.2651 (1993), 3.9005 (1992), 3.5806
(1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 3,691 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge; 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km
electrified) (1995)

Highways:
total: 46,311 km
paved: 1,940 km (including 27 km of expressways)
unpaved: 44,371 km (1991 est.)

Waterways: 10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways

Pipelines: crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural
gas 1,495 km

Ports: none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the
maritime ports of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay

Merchant marine:
total: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,214 GRT/6,390 DWT
(1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 1,017
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 4
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 750
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 69
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 186 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 144,300 (1987 est.)

Telephone system: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties;
most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities
domestic: microwave radio relay system being expanded
international: satellite ear