2 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities: textiles and other manufactured consumer goods, petroleum
products, sugar, grain, flour, other foodstuffs, cement, machinery,
chemicals
partners: UAE 14%, Saudi Arabia 10%, US 8%, Malaysia 6%, UK 5% (1995)

Debt - external: $8 billion (1996)

Economic aid:
recipient : ODA, $148 million (1993)

Currency: Yemeni rial (YRl) (new currency)

Exchange rates: Yemeni rials (YRl) per US$1 - 50.04 (new official
fixed rate), 40.839 (1995), 12.010 (official fixed rate 1992-94); 490
(market rate, December 1994)
note : on 29 March 1995 the official rate was changed from 12.01
Yemeni rials to 50.04 Yemeni rials per US dollar

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Yemen:Communications

Telephones: 131,655 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to
create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, and
tropospheric scatter
international : satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean
and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2
Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 1, shortwave 0

Radios: 325,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 10

Televisions: 100,000 (1993 est.)

@Yemen:Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 51,392 km
paved : 4,831 km
unpaved: 46,561 km (1992 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 644 km; petroleum products 32 km

Ports and harbors: Aden, Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, Mocha, Nishtun

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 12,059 GRT/18,563 DWT
ships by type : cargo 1, oil tanker 2 (1996 est.)

Airports: 42 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 30
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m : 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m : 10 (1996 est.)

Military

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

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49 : 3,109,553 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males: 1,753,779 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 148,864 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%