facturing, textiles, footwear, clothing, beverages, tobacco

Agriculture: accounts for 3% of GDP and 2% of the work force (1992);
overall, 20% self-sufficient; main products - potatoes, cauliflower,
grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers,
hogs, poultry, eggs; generally adequate supplies of vegetables,
poultry, milk, pork products; seasonal or periodic shortages in grain,
animal fodder, fruits, other basic foodstuffs

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to
Western Europe

Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-81), $172 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $336 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $76 million;
Communist countries (1970-88), $48 million

Currency: 1 Maltese lira (LM) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Maltese liri (LM) per US$1 - 0.3656 (January 1995),
0.3776 (1994), 0.3821 (1993), 0.3178 (1992), 0.3226 (1991), 0.3172
(1990)

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

@Malta:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,291 km
paved: asphalt 1,179 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 77 km; earth 35 km

Ports: Marsaxlokk, Valletta

Merchant marine:
total: 964 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,518,359
GRT/26,604,739 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 272, cargo 300, chemical tanker
30, combination bulk 26, combination ore/oil 16, container 33,
liquefied gas tanker 3, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker
191, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated
cargo 14, roll-on/roll-off cargo 26, short-sea passenger 20,
specialized tanker 5, vehicle carrier 11
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 49 countries; the 10
major fleet flags are: Greece 351 ships, Russia 66, Croatia 63,
Switzerland 31, Montenegro 29, Italy 27, Germany 23, Monaco 20, UK 20,
and Georgia 10

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1

@Malta:Communications

Telephone system: 153,000 telephones; automatic system satisfies
normal requirements
local: NA
intercity: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands
international: 1 submarine cable and 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth
station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 4, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 2
televisions: NA

@Malta:Defense Forces

Branches: Armed Forces, Maltese Police Force