porter of food - grain, vegetable oil, sugar

Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-85), $1.4 billion;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $925 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.8 billion;
Communist countries (1970-89), $2.7 billion; net official
disbursements (1985-89), $375 million

Currency: 1 Algerian dinar (DA) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: Algerian dinars (DA) per US$1 - 42.710 (January 1995),
35.059 (1994), 23.345 (1993), 21.836 (1992), 18.473 (1991), 8.958
(1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Algeria:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 4,733 km
standard gauge: 3,576 km 1.435-m gauge (299 km electrified; 215 km
double track)
narrow gauge: 1,157 km 1.055-m gauge

Highways:
total: 95,576 km
paved: concrete, bituminous 57,346 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, earth 38,230 km

Pipelines: crude oil 6,612 km; petroleum products 298 km; natural gas
2,948 km

Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene,
Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes

Merchant marine:
total: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179 GRT/1,064,211 DWT

ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 27, chemical tanker 7, liquefied gas
tanker 9, oil tanker 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger
5, specialized tanker 1

Airports:
total: 139
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 23
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 5
with paved runways under 914 m: 20
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 24
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 41

@Algeria:Communications

Telephone system: 822,000 telephones; excellent domestic and
international service in the north, sparse in the south
local: NA
intercity: 12 domestic satellite links; 20 additional satellite links
are planned
international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy,
France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and
Tunisia; 2 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1
Intersputnik, 1 ARABSAT earth station

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: 5.2 million

Television:
broadcast stations: 18
televisions: 1.6 million

@Algeria:Defense Forces

Branches: National Popular Army, Navy, Air Force, Territorial Air
Defense, National Gendarmerie