llion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, vehicles and vehicle
parts, plastic, chemicals, grains

Imports - partners:
US 18.8%, Japan 17.4%, Singapore 7.8%, Taiwan 7.3%, South Korea
6.2%, China 6%, Malaysia 4.5% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$16.05 billion (2004)

Debt - external:
$55.6 billion (September 2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA commitments, $2 billion (2004)

Currency (code):
Philippine peso (PHP)

Currency code:
PHP

Exchange rates:
Philippine pesos per US dollar - 56.04 (2004), 54.203 (2003),
51.604 (2002), 50.993 (2001), 44.192 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Philippines

Telephones - main lines in use:
3,310,900 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
15.201 million (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine
cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate
domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations
international: country code - 63; 9 international gateways;
satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Pacific
Ocean); submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and
Japan

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 369, FM 583, shortwave 5
note: each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the
language of the target audience (2004)

Radios:
11.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
225; note - 1373 CATV networks (2004)

Televisions:
3.7 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ph

Internet hosts:
38,440 (2002)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
33 (2000)

Internet users:
3.5 million (2002)

Transportation Philippines

Railways:
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2004)

Highways:
total: 202,124 km
paved: 19,202 km
unpaved: 182,922 km (2002)

Waterways:
3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 100 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila, Surigao

Merchant marine:
total: 419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,524,259 GRT/6,437,171 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 85, cargo 109, chemical tanker 13, container
5, liquefied gas 7, livestock carrier 15, passenger 11,
passenger/cargo 73, petroleum tanker 47, ref