ures $17.3 billion,
including capital expenditures of $6.6 billion (1990 est.)

_#_Exports: $10.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);

commodities--petroleum and natural gas 98%;

partners--Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Italy, France, US

_#_Imports: $9.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990 est.);

commodities--capital goods 29%, consumer goods 30%;

partners--France 25%, Italy 8%, FRG 8%, US 6-7%

_#_External debt: $26.6 billion (December 1990)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate -3% (1989 est.); accounts for
30% of GDP, including petroleum

_#_Electricity: 5,156,000 kW capacity; 14,900 million kWh
produced, 580 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: petroleum, light industries, natural gas, mining,
electrical, petrochemical, food processing

_#_Agriculture: accounts for 11% of GDP and employs 24% of labor
force; net importer of food--grain, vegetable oil, and sugar; farm
production includes wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits,
sheep,and cattle

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $1.4
billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $8.5 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.8 billion;
Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7 billion

_#_Currency: Algerian dinar (plural--dinars); 1 Algerian dinar
(DA) = 100 centimes

_#_Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1--13.581 (January
1991), 8.958 (1990), 7.6086 (1989), 5.9148 (1988), 4.8497 (1987), 4.7023
(1986), 5.0278 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 4,146 km total; 2,632 km standard gauge (1.435 m),
1,258 km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge; 300 km electrified;
215 km double track

_#_Highways: 80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete or bituminous,
20,000 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth

_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 6,612 km; refined products, 298 km; natural
gas, 2,948 km

_#_Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Jijel, Mers el Kebir,
Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda

_#_Merchant marine: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179
GRT/1,063,994 DWT; includes 5 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 2 vehicle
carrier, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1 specialized
tanker

_#_Civil air: 42 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 145 total, 134 usable; 53 with permanent-surface runways;
3 with runways over 3,659 m; 30 wit