goods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed
grains, machinery
partners: UK 12%, Japan 9%, Italy 10%, Germany 9%, US 8%
Turkish area: $330 million (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery
partners: Turkey 48%, UK 19%

External debt:
Greek area: $1.4 billion (1994)

Economic aid:
Greek area - recipient: ODA, $NA
Turkish area: during 1977-93, received substantial grants and loans
from Turkey

Currency: 1 Cypriot pound (LC) = 100 cents; 1 Turkish lira (TL) =
100 kurus

Exchange rates: Cypriot pounds per US1$ - 0.4628 (January 1996),
0.4522 (1995), 0.4915 (1994), 0.4970 (1993), 0.4502 (1992), 0.4633
(1991); Turkish liras (TL) per US$1 - 60,502.1 (January 1996),
45,845.1 (1995), 29,608.7 (1994), 10,984.6 (1993), 6,872.4 (1992),
4,171.8 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
Greek area - total: 10,448 km
Greek area - paved: 5,694 km
Greek area - unpaved: 4,754 km
Turkish area - total: 6,116 km
Turkish area - paved: 5,278 km
Turkish area - unpaved: 838 km

Ports: Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos Bay

Merchant marine:
total: 1,524 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 23,949,242
GRT/40,236,638 DWT
ships by type: bulk 490, cargo 562, chemical tanker 27, combination
bulk 53, combination ore/oil 22, container 115, liquefied gas tanker
3, multifunction large-load carrier 4, oil tanker 129, passenger 6,
passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 62, roll-on/roll-off cargo 28,
short-sea passenger 17, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 48
countries among which are Greece 706, Germany 171, Russia 44,
Netherlands 31, Belgium 30, Japan 29, Cuba 21, UK 17, Spain 14, and
Hong Kong 13 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 15
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 8
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 3
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 4 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 331,000 (1995 est.)

Telephone system: excellent in both the Greek and Turkish areas
domestic: open wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay
international: tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic
submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Inter