a 7% (1993)

Imports: $78.6 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: machines and vehicles, food and beverages, basic
manufactures, raw materials and fuels, chemicals
partners: Australia 41%, France 15%, NZ 11%, Japan 9%, Fiji 6% (1992)

External debt: $38.2 million (yearend 1993)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 vatu (VT) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: vatu (VT) per US$1 - 114.40 (January 1996), 112.11
(1995), 116.41 (1994), 121.58 (1993), 113.39 (1992), 111.68 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,021 km
paved: 238 km
unpaved: 783 km (1987 est.)

Ports: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)

Merchant marine:
total: 112 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587,286
GRT/2,173,970 DWT
ships by type: bulk 38, cargo 29, chemical tanker 3, combination
bulk 1, container 3, liquefied gas tanker 5, livestock carrier 1,
oil tanker 6, refrigerated cargo 16, vehicle carrier 10
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 20
countries among which are Japan 37, US 19, Netherlands 10, Greece 6,
Hong Kong 6, China 4, Canada 4, UAE 3, Russia 2, and Australia 2
(1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 31
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 17
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 11 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 3,000 (1987 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

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

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 0 (1987 est.)

Televisions: 2,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF;
includes the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force or VMF)

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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@Venezuela
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Map
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Location: 8 00 N, 66 00 W -- Northern South America, bordering the
Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and
Guyana

Flag
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Description: three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), blue,
and red with the coat of