rages, tobacco), capital goods, mineral fuels and
oils

Imports - partners:
China 44.4%, Hong Kong 10.6%, Japan 9.6%, Taiwan 4.9%, Singapore
4.1%, US 4.1% (2004)

Debt - external:
$2.7 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA

Currency (code):
pataca (MOP)

Currency code:
MOP

Exchange rates:
patacas per US dollar - 8.022 (2004), 8.021 (2003), 8.033 (2002),
8.034 (2001), 8.026 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Macau

Telephones - main lines in use:
174,600 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
364,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: country code - 853; HF radiotelephone communication
facility; access to international communications carriers provided
via Hong Kong and China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:
160,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2003)

Televisions:
49,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.mo

Internet hosts:
89 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
120,000 (2003)

Transportation Macau

Highways:
total: 341 km
paved: 341 km
unpaved: 0 km (2002)

Ports and harbors:
Macau

Airports:
1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Military Macau

Military branches:
China's People's Revolutionary Army (PLA) constitutes the only
armed force in Macau; several police forces constitute the Security
Forces of Macau (SFM) that are subordinate to the General
Secretariat of Security, a body comparable to a ministry of interior
(2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 112,744 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 91,299 (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Macau

Disputes - international:
none

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@Macedonia

Introduction Macedonia

Background:
International recognition of Macedonia's independence from
Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new
state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols.
Greece finally lifted its