bors:
Butinge, Kaunas, Klaipeda

Merchant marine:
total: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 296,856 GRT/317,731 DWT
foreign-owned: Denmark 12, Netherlands 1
registered in other countries: 11 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 20, chemical tanker 1, combination bulk 8, petroleum
tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 12, roll on/roll off 2,
short-sea/passenger 4

Airports:
102 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 28
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 14 (2003 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 74
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 67 (2003 est.)

Military Lithuania

Military branches:
National Defense Volunteer Forces (SKAT), Ground Forces, Navy, Air
Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
19-45 years of age for compulsory military service, conscript
service obligation - 12 months; 18 years of age for volunteers (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 943,063 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 738,602 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 28,300 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$230.8 million (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.9% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Lithuania

Disputes - international:
in May 2003, the Russian Parliament ratified the 1997 land and
maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, which ratified the treaty
in 1999, legalizing limits of former Soviet republic borders; both
states also implement a simplified transit regime for Russian
nationals transiting Lithuania to and from the Russian Kaliningrad
coastal enclave; the Latvian Parliament has not ratified its 1998
maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns
over oil exploration rights

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for opiates and other illicit drugs from
Southwest Asia, Latin America, and Western Europe to Western Europe
and Scandinavia; limited production of methamphetamine and ecstasy;
susceptible to money laundering despite changes to banking
legislation

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Luxembourg

Introduction Luxembourg

Background:
Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy