machinery and transport equipment 24.4%, manufactures
24%, food and livestock 19%, fuels 12%, chemicals 6.5%
partners: Denmark 43.8%, Norway 19.8%, Sweden 4.9%, Germany 4.2%, US
1.3%

External debt: $1.2 billion (1993 est.)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA
note: receives an annual subsidy from Denmark of about $130 million

Currency: 1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere

Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 5.652 (January
1996), 5.602 (1995), 6.361 (1994), 6.484 (1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396
(1991)

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 443 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Klaksvick, Torshavn, Tvoroyri

Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,879 GRT/18,444 DWT
ships by type: cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea
passenger 1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 27,900 (1984 est.)

Telephone system: good international communications; fair domestic
facilities
domestic: NA
international: 3 coaxial submarine cables

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 3 (repeaters 10), shortwave 0

Radios: 24,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 3 (repeaters 29)

Televisions: 14,000 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: no organized native military forces; only a small Police
Force and Coast Guard are maintained

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark

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@Fiji
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Map
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Location: 18 00 S, 175 00 E -- Oceania, island group in the South
Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Flag
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Description: light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half
of the flag; the shield depicts a yellow lion above a white field
quartered by the cross of Saint George featuring stalks of
sugarcane, a palm tree, bananas, and a white dove

Geography
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Location: Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand

Geographic coordinates: 18 00 S, 175 00 E

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 18,270 sq km
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