arments

Exports - partners:
US, Japan, Singapore (2004)

Imports:
$107.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
US, Singapore, Japan, South Korea (2004)

Debt - external:
$0 (FY99/00)

Economic aid - recipient:
$19.6 million; note - the Compact of Free Association with the US,
entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994,
provides Palau with up to $700 million in US aid over 15 years in
return for furnishing military facilities (2004)

Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)

Currency code:
USD

Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used

Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

Communications Palau

Telephones - main lines in use:
6,700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2002)

Radios:
12,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (cable) (2005)

Televisions:
11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.pw

Internet hosts:
3 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2002)

Transportation Palau

Airports:
3 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 61 km
paved: 36 km
unpaved: 25 km

Ports and terminals:
Koror

Military Palau

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2006)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 5,694 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 4,087 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 142 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free
Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted
access to the islands for 50 years, but it has not stationed any
military forces there (2005)

Transnational Issues Palau

Disputes - international:
maritime delineation negotiations continue with Philippines,
Indonesia

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