to US markets

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $3.1
billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $7.1 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $110 million

_#_Currency: Mexican peso (plural--pesos);
1 Mexican peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos

_#_Exchange rates: market rate of Mexican pesos (Mex$) per
US$1--2,940.9 (January 1991), 2,812.6 (1990), 2,461.3 (1989),
2,273.1 (1988), 1,378.2 (1987), 611.8 (1986), 256.9 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 20,680 km total; 19,950 km 1.435-meter standard gauge;
730 km 0.914-meter narrow gauge

_#_Highways: 210,000 km total; 65,000 km paved, 30,000 km semipaved or
cobblestone, 60,000 km rural roads (improved earth) or roads under
construction, 55,000 km unimproved earth roads

_#_Inland waterways: 2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals

_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 28,200 km; refined products, 10,150 km;
natural gas, 13,254 km; petrochemical, 1,400 km

_#_Ports: Acapulco, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, Manzanillo,
Mazatlan, Progreso, Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz

_#_Merchant marine: 64 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 999,423
GRT/1,509,939 DWT; includes 4 short-sea passenger, 9 cargo, 2
refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 31 petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 bulk, 3
combination bulk

_#_Civil air: 174 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 1,815 total, 1,537 usable; 195 with permanent-surface
runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
276 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: highly developed system with extensive radio
relay links; connection into Central American Microwave System; 6.41
million telephones; stations--679 AM, no FM, 238 TV, 22 shortwave; 120
domestic satellite terminals; earth stations--4 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: National Defense (includes Army and Air Force), Navy
(includes Marines)

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 22,340,628; 16,360,596 fit for
military service; 1,107,163 reach military age (18) annually

_#_Defense expenditures: $1 billion, 0.6% of GDP (1988)
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 702 km2; land area: 702 km2; includes Pohnpei, Truk,
Yap, and Kosrae

_#_Comparative area: slightly