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expenditures: $142 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY97/98 est.) Industries: garment production, food processing, tourism, construction Industrial production growth rate: 0.2% (1996 est.) Electricity-capacity: 23,000 kW (1995) Electricity-production: 105 million kWh (1995) Electricity-consumption per capita: 491 kWh (1995) Agriculture-products: bananas, coca, citrus, sugarcane; lumber; fish, cultured shrimp Exports: total value: $166 million (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: sugar, citrus fruits, bananas, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood partners: US 44%, UK 42%, other EU 5%, Canada 3% (1996) Imports: total value: $262 million (c.i.f., 1996) commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, food, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals, pharmaceuticals partners: US 55%, Mexico 12%, UK 5% (1997) Debt-external: $217 million (1996) Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA Currency: 1 Belizean dollar (Bz$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Belizean dollars (Bz$) per US$1-2.0000 (fixed rate) Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March Communications Telephones: 29,000 (1996 est.) Telephone system: above-average system domestic: trunk network depends primarily on microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station-1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 9, shortwave 1 Radios: NA Television broadcast stations: 2 Televisions: 27,048 (1993 est.) @Belize:Transportation Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 2,248 km paved: 427 km unpaved: 1,821 km (1996 est.) Waterways: 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable Ports and harbors: Belize City, Big Creek, Corozol, Punta Gorda Merchant marine: total: 265 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,298,562 GRT/2,055,027 DWT ships by type: bulk 26, cargo 184, chemical tanker 4, combination bulk 1, container 6, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 26, passenger-cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 8, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, specialized tanker 2, vehicle carrier 1 note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships of 8 countries: Cuba 1, Cyprus 1, Greece 1, Hong Kong 1, Panama 1, Singapore 2, UAE 2, and US 1 (1997 est.) Airports: 44 (1997 est.) Airports-with paved runways: total: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.) Airports-with unpaved runways: total: 41 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 10 under 914 m: 30 (1997 est.) @Belize:Military Military branches:
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