ctrical equipment, machinery, steel,
automobiles, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish
partners: US 17%, EU 13%, Japan 12%

Imports:
total value: $150.2 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
commodities : machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil,
steel, transport equipment, textiles, organic chemicals, grains
partners: US 22%, Japan 21%, EU 13%

Debt - external: $93 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid: $NA

Currency: 1 South Korean won (W) = 100 chun (theoretical)

Exchange rates: South Korean won (W) per US$1 - 849.88 (January 1997),
804.45 (1996), 771.27 (1995), 803.45 (1994), 802.67 (1993), 780.65
(1992)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Korea, South:Communications

Telephones: 16.6 million (1993)

Telephone system: excellent domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: fiber-optic submarine cable to China; satellite earth
stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1
Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 79, FM 46, shortwave 0

Radios: 42 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 256 (57 of which are 1 kW or greater)
(1987 est.)

Televisions: 9.3 million (1992 est.)

@Korea, South:Transportation

Railways:
total: 3,081 km
standard gauge : 3,081 km 1.435-m gauge (560 km electrified) (1996
est.)

Highways:
total: 74,235 km
paved: 56,419 km (including 1,824 km of expressways)
unpaved: 17,816 km (1995 est.)

Waterways: 1,609 km; use restricted to small native craft

Pipelines: petroleum products 455 km; note - additionally, there is a
parallel petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) pipeline being
completed

Ports and harbors: Chinhae, Inch'on, Kunsan, Masan, Mokp'o, P'ohang,
Pusan, Ulsan, Yosu

Merchant marine:
total: 461 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,634,127 GRT/10,343,557
DWT
ships by type: bulk 123, cargo 124, chemical tanker 27, combination
bulk 3, combination ore/oil 1, container 71, liquefied gas tanker 13,
multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 68, refrigerated cargo
17, short-sea passenger 2, vehicle carrier 11
note: South Korea owns an additional 254 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling 12,744,507 DWT operating under the registries of Cyprus,
Liberia, Malta, Panama, Singapore, and Thailand (1996 est.)

Airports: 103 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total : 101
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 18
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 53 (1996 est.)

Airports - w