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ucts: coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock Exports: $82.1 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.) Exports--commodities: coffee 55%, tea 21%, hides, tin ore (1997) Exports--partners: Brazil 49%, Germany 16%, US, Netherlands, UK (1996) Imports: $326 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.) Imports--commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material (1997) Imports--partners: Italy, Kenya, Tanzania, US, Belgium-Luxembourg (1997) Debt--external: $1.2 billion (1998) Economic aid--recipient: $711.2 million (1995); note?since 1994, World Bank financing to Rwanda has totaled more than $120 million; in June 1998, Rwanda signed an Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) with the IMF; in summer 1998, Rwanda presented its policy objectives and development priorities to donor governments resulting in multi-year pledges in the amount of $250 million Currency: 1 Rwandan franc (RF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Rwandan francs (RF) per US$1--320.63 (February 1999), 312.31 (1998), 301.53 (1997), 306.82 (1996), 262.20 (1995) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Telephones: 6,400 (1983 est.) Telephone system: telephone system primarily serves business and government domestic: the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone international: international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations--1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 Radios: 630,000 (1993 est.) Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997) Televisions: NA Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 12,000 km paved: 1,000 km unpaved: 11,000 km (1997 est.) Waterways: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft Ports and harbors: Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye Airports: 7 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 4 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: Army, Gend
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