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

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_#_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)
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_*_Geography
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