ee, diamonds

Exports--partners: US 37%, Belgium-Luxembourg 34%, Taiwan, China
(1997 est.)

Imports: $803 million (f.o.b. 1997)

Imports--commodities: intermediate manufactures, capital
equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, petroleum products

Imports--partners: France 22%, Italy 16%, US 9%, UK 6% (1997 est.)

Debt--external: $6 billion (1996)

Economic aid--recipient: $159.1 million (1995)

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

Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per
US$1--550 (January 1999), 589.95 (1998), 583.67 (1997), 511.55
(1996), 499.15 (1995), 555.20 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 18,000 (1983 est.)

Telephone system: services barely adequate for government use;
key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo;
inter-city lines frequently out-of-order
domestic: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and
coaxial cable
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 1, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)

Televisions: 8,500 (1993 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 795 km (includes 285 km private track)
narrow gauge: 795 km 1.067-m gauge (1995 est.)

Highways:
total: 12,800 km
paved: 1,242 km
unpaved: 11,558 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) Rivers provide 1,120
km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used
for local traffic only

Pipelines: crude oil 25 km

Ports and harbors: Brazzaville, Impfondo, Ouesso, Oyo,
Pointe-Noire

Airports: 36 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 10 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: NA

Military manpower--military age: 20 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 641,543 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 326,834 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 28,976 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $110 million (1993)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 3.8% (1993)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: m