ies: capital goods 21%, crude oil 11%, foodstuffs 9%, consumer
goods, chemicals
partners: US 40%, EU, Central America and Caribbean, Japan

Debt - external: $5.6 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $58 million (1993)

Currency: 1 balboa (B) = 100 centesimos

Exchange rates: balboas (B) per US$1 - 1.000 (fixed rate)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Panama:Communications

Telephones: 273,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system: domestic and international facilities well developed
domestic: NA
international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave
System

Radio broadcast stations: AM 91, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 564,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 23

Televisions: 420,000 (1992 est.)

@Panama:Transportation

Railways:
total : 355 km
broad gauge: 76 km 1.524-m gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 10,792 km
paved : 3,615 km
unpaved: 7,177 km (1995 est.)

Waterways: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama
Canal

Pipelines: crude oil 130 km

Ports and harbors: Balboa, Cristobal, Coco Solo, Vacamonte

Merchant marine:
total: 4,062 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 80,120,443
GRT/122,668,194 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1,051, cargo 1,049, chemical tanker 172,
combination bulk 65, combination ore/oil 21, container 353, liquefied
gas tanker 169, livestock carrier 8, multifunction large-load carrier
4, oil tanker 529, passenger 35, passenger-cargo 10, railcar carrier
1, refrigerated cargo 293, roll-on/roll-off cargo 90, short-sea
passenger 38, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 162
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 76 countries
among which are Japan 1,240, Greece 361, Hong Kong 301, South Korea
226, Taiwan 212, China 168, Singapore 132, US 127, Switzerland 76, and
UK 65 (1996 est.)

Airports: 97 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 80
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m : 59 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 17 (1996 est.)

Military

Military branches: Panamanian Public Forces (PPF; includes the
National Police, National Maritime Service, National Air Service, and
Institutional Protective Service); Judicial Technical Police; note -
the Constitution prohibits armed forces

Military manpower - availability:
male