its, vegetables; livestock and dairy
products; fish

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for illicit drugs from Central
and Southwest Asia and Latin America to Western Europe; very limited
illicit opium producer; mostly for domestic consumption

Exports: $1.8 billion (f.o.b., 1995)
commodities: textile 14%, food products 11%, vehicles 11%, metals
11% (1993)
partners: Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany

Imports: $2.5 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
commodities: machinery 18%, fuels 15%, vehicles 14%, textiles 10%
(1993)
partners: Finland, Russia, Germany, Sweden

External debt: $270 million (January 1996)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $147 million (1993)
note: Western commitments $285 million (including international
financial institutions)

Currency: 1 Estonian kroon (EEK) = 100 cents (introduced in August
1992)

Exchange rates: krooni (EEK) per US$1 - 11.523 (December 1995),
11.465 (1995), 12.991 (1994), 13.223 (1993); note - krooni are tied
to the German deutsche mark at a fixed rate of 8 to 1

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 1,018 km common carrier lines only; does not include
dedicated industrial lines
broad gauge: 1,018 km 1.520-m gauge (132 km electrified) (1995)

Highways:
total: 14,771 km
paved: 8,124 km (including 62 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,647 km (1993)

Waterways: 500 km perennially navigable

Pipelines: natural gas 420 km (1992)

Ports: Haapsalu, Narva, Paldiski, Parnu, Tallinn

Merchant marine:
total: 52 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 353,140 GRT/467,086 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 33, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 6, short-sea passenger 4 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 22
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 4
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 5 (1994 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 400,000

Telephone system: system is antiquated; improvements are being
made piecemeal, with emphasis on business needs and international
connections; there are still about 150,000 unfulfilled requests for
subscriber service
domestic: substantial investment has been made in cellular systems
which are operational throughout Estonia
international: international traffic is carried