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nsport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals; partners--Singapore 36%, UK 26%, Switzerland 7%, US 7%, Japan 6% (1988) _#_External debt: none _#_Industrial production: growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 52.4% of GDP _#_Electricity: 310,000 kW capacity; 890 million kWh produced, 2,400 kWh per capita (1990) _#_Industries: petroleum, liquefied natural gas, construction _#_Agriculture: imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and livestock include rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs _#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $20.6 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $143.7 million _#_Currency: Bruneian dollar (plural--dollars); 1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents _#_Exchange rates: Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1--1.7454 (January 1991), 1.8125 (1990), 1.9503 (1989), 2.0124 (1988), 2.1060 (1987), 2.1774 (1986), 2.2002 (1985); note--the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar _#_Fiscal year: calendar year _*_Communications _#_Railroads: 13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line _#_Highways: 1,090 km total; 370 km paved (bituminous treated) and another 52 km under construction, 720 km gravel or unimproved _#_Inland waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters _#_Ports: Kuala Belait, Muara _#_Merchant marine: 7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635 DWT _#_Pipelines: crude oil, 135 km; refined products, 418 km; natural gas, 920 km _#_Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft (3 Boeing 757-200, 1 Boeing 737-200) _#_Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway over 3,659 m; 1 with runway 1,406 m _#_Telecommunications: service throughout country is adequate for present needs; international service good to adjacent Malaysia; radiobroadcast coverage good; 33,000 telephones (1987); stations--4 AM/FM, 1 TV; 74,000 radio receivers (1987); satellite earth stations--1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT _*_Defense Forces _#_Branches: Royal Brunei Armed Forces (including Ground Forces, Flotilla, and Air Wing), Royal Brunei Police _#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 110,727; 63,730 fit for military service; 3,199 reach military age (18) annually _#_Defense expenditures: $233.1 million, 7.1% of GDP (1988) _%_ _@_Bulgaria _*_Geography _#_T
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