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ctricity - production: 90 million kWh (1994) Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh Agriculture - products: none Exports: total value: $57 million (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: (principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods 41%, other 8% partners : UK, Morocco, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, US, FRG Imports: total value: $708 million (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: fuels, manufactured goods, and foodstuffs partners: UK, Spain, Japan, Netherlands Debt - external: $318 million (1987) Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA Currency: 1 Gibraltar pound (LG) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Gibraltar pounds (LG) per US$1 - 0.6023 (January 1997), 0.6403 (1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992); note - the Gibraltar pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June @Gibraltar:Communications Telephones: 19,356 (1994) Telephone system: adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate international facilities domestic: automatic exchange facilities international: radiotelephone; microwave radio relay; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 6, shortwave 0 Radios: NA Television broadcast stations: 4 Televisions: NA @Gibraltar:Transportation Railways: total : NA km; 1.000-m gauge system in dockyard area only Highways: total: 49.9 km (including 12.9 km public highways) paved: 49.9 km unpaved: 0 km Pipelines: 0 km Ports and harbors: Gibraltar Merchant marine: total : 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 356,676 GRT/633,152 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 1, chemical tanker 2, container 1, oil tanker 14 (1996 est.) Airports: 1 (1996 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1996 est.) Military Military branches: British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK Transnational Issues Disputes - international: source of friction between Spain and the UK ______________________________________________________________________ GLORIOSO ISLANDS (possession of France) @Glorioso Islands:Geography Location: Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar Geographic coordinates: 11 30 S, 47 20 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 5 sq km land : 5 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South Rock
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