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

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