nt, chemicals, textiles, construction materials
partners: Western Europe 79.2% (EU countries 72.3%, other 6.9%), US
6.4%

External debt: $NA

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $793 million (1993)

Currency: 1 Swiss franc, franken, or franco (SwF) = 100 centimes,
rappen, or centesimi

Exchange rates: Swiss francs, franken, or franchi (SwF) per US$1 -
1.1810 (January 1996), 1.1825 (1995), 1.3677 (1994), 1.4776 (1993),
1.4062 (1992), 1.4340 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 5,719 km (1,432 km double track)
standard gauge: 3,283 km 1.435-m gauge (99% electrified; 310 km
nongovernment owned)
narrow gauge: 1,255 km 1.000-m gauge (99% electrified; 1,181 km
nongovernment owned)
other: 1,181 km NA-m gauge (1995)

Highways:
total: 71,118 km
paved: 71,118 km (including 1,514 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: 65 km; Rhine (Basel to Rheinfelden, Schaffhausen to
Bodensee); 12 navigable lakes

Pipelines: crude oil 314 km; natural gas 1,506 km

Ports: Basel

Merchant marine:
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 410,581 GRT/727,744 DWT
ships by type: bulk 14, cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, oil tanker 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, specialized tanker 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 67
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 4
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 4
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 13
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5
with paved runways under 914 m: 40
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 5,622,976 (1986 est.)

Telephone system: excellent domestic and international services
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean
and Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 265, shortwave 0

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 18 (repeaters 1,322)

Televisions: 2.513 million (1994 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Air Force and Antiaircraft Command, Frontier
Guards, Fortification Guards

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 1,893,587
males fit for military service: 1,623,414
males reach military age (20) annually: 41,425 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.74 billion,
1.4% of GDP (1995)

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