tton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables,
peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats

Exports: $590 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Exports--commodities: cotton 50%, gold, livestock (1998 est.)

Exports--partners: Thailand 20%, Italy 20%, China 9%, Brazil,
franc zone (1997)

Imports: $600 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Imports--commodities: machinery and equipment, construction
materials, petroleum, foodstuffs, textiles

Imports--partners: Cote d'Ivoire 19%, France 17%, other franc zone
and EU countries (1997)

Debt--external: $3.1 billion (1998)

Economic aid--recipient: $596.4 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100
centimes

Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per
US$1--567.81 (January 1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55
(1996), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 11,000 (1982 est.)

Telephone system: domestic system poor but improving; provides
only minimal service
domestic: network consists of microwave radio relay, open wire, and
radiotelephone communications stations; expansion of microwave radio
relay in progress
international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 1

Radios: 430,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 (in addition, there are two
repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 11,000 (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 641 km; (linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes)
narrow gauge: 641 km 1.000-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 15,100 km
paved: 1,827 km
unpaved: 13,273 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 1,815 km navigable

Ports and harbors: Koulikoro

Airports: 28 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 22
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 10 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie, Republican
Guard, National Guard, National Police (Surete Nationale)

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,128,375 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,218,732 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $49 million (1996)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 2%