t potatoes; pigs, chickens

Exports: $29.1 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: fish, garments, bananas, black pepper
partners: Japan, US, Guam

Imports: $141.1 million (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment,
beverages
partners: US, Japan, Australia

External debt: $129 million

Economic aid:
recipient: under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US
will provide $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001

Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: US currency is used

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 226 km
paved: 39 km
unpaved: 187 km

Ports: Colonia (Yap), Kolonia (Pohnpei), Lele, Moen

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 5
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 960

Telephone system:
domestic: islands interconnected by shortwave radiotelephone (used
mostly for government purposes)
international: satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 5, FM 1, shortwave 1

Radios: 17,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 6

Televisions: 1,290 (1993 est.)

Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US

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@Midway Islands
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(territory of the US)

Map
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Location: 28 13 N, 177 22 W -- Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific
Ocean, about one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo

Flag
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Description: the flag of the US is used

Geography
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Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about
one-third of the way from Honolulu to Tokyo

Geographic coordinates: 28 13 N, 177 22 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 5.2 sq km
land area: 5.2 sq km
comparative area: about nine times the size of The Mall in
Washington, DC
note: includes Eastern Island and Sand Island

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 15 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds

Terrain: low, nearly level
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
high