l, mohair, wheat, cattle, peas, beans, corn, hides, skins, baskets
partners:
South Africa 53%, EC 30%, North and South America 13% (1989)
Imports:
$604 million (f.o.b., 1990)
commodities:
mainly corn, building materials, clothing, vehicles, machinery, medicines,
petroleum
partners:
South Africa 95%, EC 2% (1989)
External debt:
$370 million (December 1990 est.)
Industrial production:
growth rate 7.8% (1989 est.); accounts for 15% of GDP
Electricity:
power supplied by South Africa
Industries:
food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts, tourism
Agriculture:
accounts for 18% of GDP and employs 60-70% of all households; exceedingly
primitive, mostly subsistence farming and livestock; principal crops are
corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley
Economic aid:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $268 million; Western (non-US)
countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $819 million; OPEC
bilateral aid (1979-89), $4 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $14
million
Currency:
loti (plural - maloti); 1 loti (L) = 100 lisente
Exchange rates:
maloti (M) per US$1 - 2.8809 (March 1992), 2.7563 (1991), 2.5863 (1990),
2.6166 (1989), 2.2611 (1988), 2.0350 (1987); note - the Basotho loti is at
par with the South African rand

:Lesotho Economy

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

:Lesotho Communications

Railroads:
2.6 km; owned, operated by, and included in the statistics of South Africa
Highways:
7,215 km total; 572 km paved; 2,337 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized
soil; 1,806 km improved earth, 2,500 km unimproved earth (1988)
Civil air:
1 major transport aircraft
Airports:
28 total, 28 usable; 3 with permanent surface runways; none with runways
over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
Telecommunications:
rudimentary system consisting of a few landlines, a small microwave system,
and minor radio communications stations; 5,920 telephones; broadcast
stations - 3 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

:Lesotho Defense Forces

Branches:
Royal Lesotho Defense Force (RLDF; including Army, Air Wing), Royal Lesotho
Mounted Police
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 408,003; 220,129 fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $55 million, 13.1% of GDP (1990 est.)

:Liberia Geography