oods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed
grains, machinery
partners: US 17.8%, UK 11.9%, Italy 9.7%, Germany 7.5%, Greece 7.6%
total value: Turkish Cypriot area: $318.4 million (f.o.b., 1996)
commodities: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery
partners: Turkey 55.3%, UK 13.8%, other EU 11.6%

Debt-external: Greek Cypriot area: $1.56 billion (1997)

Economic aid: Greek Cypriot area: recipient-$187 million (1990-94) in
grants; Turkish Cypriot area: recipient-$700 million (1990-97) from
Turkey in grants and loans that are usually forgiven

Currency: 1 Cypriot pound (LC) = 100 cents; 1 Turkish lira (TL) = 100
kurus

Exchange rates: Cypriot pounds per US1$-0.5326 (January 1998), 0.5135
(1997), 0.4663 (1996), 0.4522 (1995), 0.4915 (1994), 0.4970 (1993);
Turkish liras (TL) per US$1-187,477 (November 1997), 81,405 (1996),
45,845.1 (1995), 29,608.7 (1994), 10,984.6 (1993)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: Greek Cypriot area: 367,000 (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot
area: 80,000 (1996 est.)

Telephone system: excellent in both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish
Cypriot areas
domestic: open wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay
international: tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic
submarine cables; satellite earth stations-3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: Greek Cypriot area: AM 4, FM 36, shortwave
1, Turkish Cypriot area: AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0

Radios: Greek Cypriot area: 500,000 (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot area:
130,000 (1996 est.)

Television broadcast stations: Greek Cypriot area: 8 (repeaters 34);
Turkish Cypriot area: 2

Televisions: Greek Cypriot area: 300,000 (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot
area: 90,000 (1996 est.)

@Cyprus:Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: Greek Cypriot area: 10,415 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km
paved: Greek Cypriot area: 5,947 km; Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km
unpaved: Greek Cypriot area: 4,468 km (1996 est.); Turkish Cypriot
area: 980 km

Ports and harbors: Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos,
Vasilikos Bay

Merchant marine:
total: 1,533 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,330,565
GRT/37,272,825 DWT
ships by type: bulk 471, cargo 568, chemical tanker 23, combination
bulk 48, combination ore/oil 12, container 139, liquefied gas tanker
5, oil tanker 142, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo
54, roll-on/roll