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n, including capital expenditures of $18.1 million (1985 est.) Industries: financial services, light manufacturing, tourism Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity: capacity: 61,000 kW production: 190 million kWh consumption per capita: 2,965 kWh (1992) Agriculture: cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry Exports: $NA commodities: tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb partners: UK Imports: $NA commodities: timber, fertilizers, fish partners: UK External debt: $NA Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA Currency: 1 Manx pound (LM) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Manx pounds (LM) per US$1 - 0.6537 (January 1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Transportation -------------- Railways: total: 52 km (27 km electrified) Highways: total: 640 km paved: 320 km unpaved: 320 km Ports: Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey Merchant marine: total: 83 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,099,888 GRT/3,569,632 DWT ships by type: bulk 13, cargo 10, chemical tanker 4, container 12, liquefied gas tanker 8, oil tanker 18, passenger 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 1, vehicle carrier 2 note: a flag of convenience registry; UK owns 10 ships, Switzerland 2, South Africa 2, Denmark 1, and Netherlands 1 (1995 est.) Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1 (1995 est.) Communications -------------- Telephones: 41,000 (1995) Telephone system: domestic: NA international: NA Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 0 Radios: NA Television broadcast stations: 4 Televisions: NA Defense ------- Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the UK ====================================================================== @Marshall Islands ---------------- Map --- Location: 9 00 N, 168 00 E -- Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea Flag ---- Description: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes Geography --------- Location: Oceania, gro
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