bles
partners: Jordan, Israel

Imports: $867 million (c.i.f., 1992)
commodities: food, consumer goods, construction materials
partners: Jordan, Israel

External debt: $NA

Industrial production: growth rate NA%

Electricity:
capacity: NA kW
production: NA kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh
note: most electricity imported from Israel; East Jerusalem Electric
Company buys and distributes electricity to Palestinians in East
Jerusalem and its concession in the West Bank; the Israel Electric
Company directly supplies electricity to most Jewish residents and
military facilities; at the same time, some Palestinian
municipalities, such as Nabulus and Janin, generate their own
electricity from small power plants

Industries: generally small family businesses that produce cement,
textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs;
the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in
the settlements and industrial centers

Agriculture: olives, citrus and other fruits, vegetables, beef, and
dairy products

Economic aid: $NA

Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1 Jordanian
dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils

Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 3.0270 (December
1994), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301 (1993), 2.4591 (1992), 2.2791 (1991),
2.0162 (1990); Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1 - 0.6995 (January 1995),
0.6987 (1994), 0.6928 (1993), 0.6797 (1992), 0.6808 (1991), 0.6636
(1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)

@West Bank:Transportation

Railroads: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA
paved: NA
unpaved: NA
note: small road network; Israelis have developed many highways to
service Jewish settlements

Ports: none

Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1

@West Bank:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; note - 8% of Palestinian households
have telephones (1992 est.)
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: NA
note: Israeli company BEZEK is responsible for communication services
in the West Bank

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: NA; note - 82% of Palestinian households have radios (1992
est.)

Television:
broadcast stations: 0; note - 1 planned for Jericho
televisions: NA; note - 54% of Palestinian households have televisions
(1992 est.)

@West Bank:Defense Forces

Branches: NA

Defense expe