rigerated cargo 23, roll
on/roll off 17, vehicle carrier 14
foreign-owned: 69 (Canada 1, China 2, Germany 2, Greece 5, Hong Kong
2, Japan 31, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 20, Norway 1, UAE 1, United
States 2)
registered in other countries: 40 (2005)

Airports:
255 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 82
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 173
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 68
under 914 m: 100 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)

Military Philippines

Military branches:
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Coast
Guard, Marine Corps), Air Force

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service (2001)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 20,131,179 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 15,170,096 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 907,542 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$805.5 million (2004)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1% (2004)

Transnational Issues Philippines

Disputes - international:
The Philippines claims sovereignty over certain of the Spratly
Islands, known locally as the Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands, also
claimed by China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam; the 2002
"Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea," has
eased tensions in the Spratly Islands but falls short of a legally
binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; in
March 2005, the national oil companies of China, the Philippines,
and Vietnam signed a joint accord to conduct marine seismic
activities in the Spratly Islands; Philippines retains a dormant
claim to Malaysia's Sabah State in northern Borneo based on the
Sultanate of Sulu's granting the Philippines Government power of
attorney to pursue a sovereignty claim on his behalf

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 150,000 (fighting between government troops and MILF and Abu
Sayyaf groups) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
exports locally-produced marijuana and hashish to East Asia, the
US, and other Western markets; serves as a transit point for heroin
and crystal methamphetamine; domestic methamphetamine production is
a growing pro