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96) Labor force--by occupation: manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, retail distribution 9%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18% Unemployment rate: 1% (1998 est.) Budget: revenues: $437.7 million expenditures: $432.5 million, including capital expenditures of $102.2 million (FY98/99 est.) Industries: financial services, light manufacturing, tourism Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity--production: NA kWh Electricity--production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% Electricity--consumption: NA kWh Electricity--exports: NA kWh Electricity--imports: NA kWh Agriculture--products: cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry Exports: $NA Exports--commodities: tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb Exports--partners: UK Imports: $NA Imports--commodities: timber, fertilizers, fish Imports--partners: UK Debt--external: $NA Economic aid--recipient: $NA Currency: 1 Manx pound (LM) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Manx pounds (LM) per US$1--0.6057 (January 1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994)); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 April--31 March Communications Telephones: 46,000 (1996) Telephone system: domestic: NA international: NA Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 Radios: NA Television broadcast stations: 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK) (1997) Televisions: 24,450 (1996) Transportation Railways: total: 52 km (27 km electrified) Highways: total: 640 km paved: 320 km unpaved: 320 km Ports and harbors: Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey Merchant marine: total: 148 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,161,154 GRT/6,880,170 DWT ships by type: bulk 28, cargo 7, chemical tanker 14, combination bulk 3, container 20, liquefied gas tanker 14, oil tanker 43, refrigerated cargo 3, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, vehicle carrier 2 note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 8 ships, Denmark 1, Sweden 1, Belgium 1, and Netherlands 1 (1998 est.) Airports: 1 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1998 est.) Military Military--note: defense is the responsibility of the UK Transnational Issues
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