ita: 3,412 kWh (1995 est.)

Agriculture - products: dates, limes, bananas, alfalfa, vegetables;
camels, cattle; annual fish catch averages 100,000 metric tons

Exports:
total value: $7.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities: petroleum 75%, reexports, fish, processed copper,
textiles
partners: Japan 32%, South Korea 16%, Thailand 12%, China 8%, US 6%,
Taiwan 6% (1995)

Imports:
total value: $5.5 billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods,
food, livestock, lubricants
partners : UAE 25% (largely reexports), UK 16%, Japan 16%, France 11%,
US 5% (1995)

Debt - external: $2.7 billion (1995 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient : ODA, $82 million (1993)

Currency: 1 Omani rial (RO) = 1,000 baiza

Exchange rates: Omani rials (RO) per US$1 - 0.3845 (fixed rate since
1986)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Oman:Communications

Telephones: 150,000 (1994 est.)

Telephone system: modern system consisting of open wire, microwave,
and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable
domestic: open wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a
domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
international : satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 1

Radios: 1.043 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 9

Televisions: 1.195 million (1992 est.)

@Oman:Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 5,000 km
paved: 3,500 km (including 426 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,500 km (1983 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas 1,030 km

Ports and harbors: Matrah, Mina' al Fahl, Mina' Raysut

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,306 GRT/8,210 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1 (1996 est.)

Airports: 126 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 38
over 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 32 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 88
over 3,047 m : 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m : 57
914 to 1,523 m: 25 (1996 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1996 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary (includes Royal
Oman Police)

Military manpower - military age: 14 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 550,421 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males : 312,205 (1997 e