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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%
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