$13.41 billion (1995)
commodities: wool, lamb, mutton, beef, fish, cheese, chemicals,
forestry products, fruits and vegetables, manufactures
partners: Australia 20%, Japan 15%, US 12%, UK 6%

Imports: $13.62 billion (1995)
commodities: machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft,
petroleum, consumer goods
partners: Australia 21%, US 18%, Japan 16%, UK 6%

External debt: $38.5 billion (September 1994)

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $98 million (1993)

Currency: 1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.5138
(January 1996), 1.5235 (1995), 1.6844 (1994), 1.8495 (1993), 1.8584
(1992), 1.7265 (1991)

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 3,973 km
narrow gauge: 3,973 km 1.067-m gauge (504 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 93,348 km
paved: 54,142 km (including 141 km of expressways)
unpaved: 39,206 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: 1,609 km; of little importance to transportation

Pipelines: petroleum products 160 km; natural gas 1,000 km;
condensate (liquefied petroleum gas - LPG) 150 km

Ports: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Tauranga, Wellington

Merchant marine:
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 162,220 GRT/213,749 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker
3, railcar carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 5 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 113
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 8
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 31
with paved runways under 914 m: 50
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 21 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 1.7 million (1986 est.)

Telephone system: excellent international and domestic systems
domestic: NA
international: submarine cables to Australia and Fiji; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 64, FM 2, shortwave 0

Radios: 3.215 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 14 (1986 est.)

Televisions: 1.53 million (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New
Zealand Air Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 927,212
males fit for military service: 780,976
males reach military age (20) annually: 27,433 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate co