small family businesses that produce textiles,
soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis
have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial
center

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity-capacity: NA kW
note: electricity supplied by Israel

Electricity-production: NA kWh
note: electricity supplied by Israel

Electricity-consumption per capita: NA kWh

Agriculture-products: olives, citrus, other fruits, vegetables; beef,
dairy products

Exports:
total value: $630 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) (includes West Bank)
commodities: citrus
partners: Israel, Egypt, West Bank

Imports:
total value: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.) (includes West Bank)
commodities: food, consumer goods, construction materials
partners: Israel, Egypt, West Bank

Debt-external: $NA

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot

Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1-3.5340 (December
1997), 3.4494 3.1917 (1996), 3.0113 (1995), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301
(1993)

Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)

Communications

Telephones: NA
note: 3.1% of Palestinian households have telephones

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: NA; note-95% of Palestinian households have radios (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 station operated by the Palestinian
Authority

Televisions: NA; note-59% of Palestinian households have televisions
(1992 est.)

@Gaza Strip:Transportation

Railways:
total: NA km; note-one line, abandoned and in disrepair, little
trackage remains

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km
note: small, poorly developed road network

Ports and harbors: Gaza

Airports: 2 (1997 est.)
note: includes new international airport that was scheduled to open in
June 1997, but has been delayed due to political and security
disagreements between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators

Airports-with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1997 est.)

@Gaza Strip:Military

Military branches: NA

Military expenditures-dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA%

@Gaza Strip:Transnational Issues

Disputes-international: West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied
with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestin