Electricity:
capacity: 3,570,000 kW
production: NA kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh (1993)
Industries: chemicals and plastics, machine tools, fabricated metal,
electronics, pig iron and rolled steel products, aluminum reduction,
paper, wood products (including furniture), building materials
(including cement), textiles, shipbuilding, petroleum and petroleum
refining, food processing and beverages
Agriculture: Croatia normally produces a food surplus; most
agricultural land in private hands and concentrated in Croat-majority
districts in Slavonia and Istria; much of Slavonia's land has been put
out of production by fighting; wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflowers,
alfalfa, and clover are main crops in Slavonia; central Croatian
highlands are less fertile but support cereal production, orchards,
vineyards, livestock breeding, and dairy farming; coastal areas and
offshore islands grow olives, citrus fruits, and vegetables
Economic aid:
recipient: IMF, $192 million
Currency: 1 Croatian kuna (HRK) = 100 paras
Exchange rates: Croatian kuna per US $1 - 5.6144 (November 1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Croatia:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 2,699 km
standard gauge: 2,699 km 1.435-m gauge (963 km electrified)
note: disrupted by territorial dispute (1994)
Highways:
total: 27,368 km
paved: 22,176 km (302 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,192 km (1991)
Inland waterways: 785 km perennially navigable
Pipelines: crude oil 670 km; petroleum products 20 km; natural gas 310
km (1992); note - now disrupted because of territorial dispute
Ports: Dubrovnik, Omis, Ploce, Pula, Rijeka, Sibenik, Split, Zadar
Merchant marine:
total: 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 181,565 GRT/225,533 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 20, chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil
tanker 2, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2,
short-sea passenger 4
note: also controlled by Croatian shipowners are 134 ships (1,000 GRT
or over) totaling 3,286,231 DWT that operate under Maltese and Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines registry
Airports:
total: 76
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 55
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 8
@Croatia:Communications
Telephone system: 3
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