ing, wood products

Agriculture: most important sector, accounting for 28% of GDP, more
than 60% of the labor force, and two-thirds of exports; principal
products include bananas, coffee, timber, beef, citrus fruit, shrimp;
importer of wheat

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for narcotics; illicit producer of
cannabis, cultivated on small plots and used principally for local
consumption

Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.4 billion;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $1.1 billion

Currency: 1 lempira (L) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: lempiras (L) per US$1 - 9.1283 (October 1994), 7.2600
(1993), 5.8300 (1992), 5.4000 (1991); 2.0000 (fixed rate until 1991)
5.70 parallel black-market rate (November 1990); the lempira was
allowed to float in 1992

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Honduras:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 785 km
narrow gauge: 508 km 1.067-m gauge; 277 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 8,950 km
paved: 1,700 km
unpaved: otherwise improved 5,000 km; unimproved earth 2,250 km

Inland waterways: 465 km navigable by small craft

Ports: La Ceiba, Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela,
Puerto Lempira

Merchant marine:
total: 271 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 802,990 GRT/1,210,553
DWT
ships by type: bulk 31, cargo 171, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk
1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 2, livestock carrier 3, oil
tanker 21, passenger 2, passenger-cargo 3, refrigerated cargo 19,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 7, short-sea passenger 2, specialized tanker 1,
vehicle carrier 1
note: a flag of convenience registry; Russia owns 14 ships, Vietnam 7,
North Korea 4, US 3, Hong Kong 2, South Korea 2, Greece 1

Airports:
total: 159
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 4
with paved runways under 914 m: 118
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 4
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 27

@Honduras:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; 7 telephones/1,000 persons;
inadequate system
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth stations and the
Central American microwave radio relay system

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 176, FM 0, shortwave 7
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 28
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