ong 8.1%,
Singapore 6.6%, Malaysia 6%, Taiwan 4.6% (2005)

Imports:
$48.76 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, machinery and equipment, fuels, vehicles and vehicle
parts, plastic, chemicals, grains

Imports - partners:
US 19.2%, Japan 17%, Singapore 7.9%, Taiwan 7.5%, China 6.3%, South
Korea 4.8%, Saudi Arabia 4.6%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$20.57 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$61.49 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
ODA commitments, $2 billion (2004)

Currency (code):
Philippine peso (PHP)

Currency code:
PHP

Exchange rates:
Philippine pesos per US dollar - 51.5747 (2006), 55.086 (2005),
56.04 (2004), 54.203 (2003), 51.604 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Philippines

Telephones - main lines in use:
3,437,500 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
32.81 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good international radiotelephone and submarine
cable services; domestic and inter-island service adequate
domestic: domestic satellite system with 11 earth stations; cellular
communications now dominate the industry with roughly 10 mobile
cellular subscribers for every fixed-line subscriber
international: country code - 63; 11 international gateways;
submarine cables to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan,
Brunei, and Malaysia among others

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 375, FM 596, shortwave 4
note: each shortwave station operates on multiple frequencies in the
language of the target audience (2006)

Radios:
11.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
233; note - 1480 CATV networks (2006)

Televisions:
3.7 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ph

Internet hosts:
111,262 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
33 (2000)

Internet users:
7.82 million (2005)

Transportation Philippines

Airports:
256 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 83
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 36
under 914 m: 10 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 173
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 69
under 914 m: 99 (2006)

Heliports:
2 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 105 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 897 km
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation) (2005