ange rates: litai per US dollar - 4.000 (fixed rate since 1 May
1994); note - litai is the plural of litas; effective 2 February 2002
the litas are pegged to the euro

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications Lithuania

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.142 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 500,000 (2001)

Telephone system: general assessment: inadequate, but is being modernized
to provide an improved international capability and better residential
access domestic: completion; rural exchanges are being improved and
expanded; mobile cellular systems are being installed; access to the
Internet is available; still many unsatisfied telephone subscriber
applications international: to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by submarine
cable for further transmission by satellite

Radio broadcast stations: AM 29, FM 142, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios: 1.9 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 27 note: Lithuania has approximately
27 broadcasting stations, but may have as many as 100 transmitters,
including repeater stations (2001)

Televisions: 1.7 million (1997)

Internet country code: .lt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 32 (2001)

Internet users: 341,000 (2001)

Transportation Lithuania

Railways: total: 1,998 km broad gauge: 1,807 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km
electrified) narrow gauge: 169 km 0.750-m gauge (2001) standard gauge:
22 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways: total: 44,000 km paved: 35,500 km unpaved: 8,500 km (2001)

Waterways: 600 km (perennially navigable)

Pipelines: crude oil, 105 km; natural gas 760 km (1992)

Ports and harbors: Butinge, Kaunas, Klaipeda

Merchant marine: total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 279,743
GRT/304,156 DWT ships by type: cargo 25, combination bulk 8, petroleum
tanker 2, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 2,
short-sea passenger 3 note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered
here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 13 (2002 est.)

Airports: 72 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 9 over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m:
4 under 914 m: 3 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 63 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to
1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 55 (2001)

Military Lithuania

Military branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Force,
National Volunteer Defense Forces (SKAT)

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 933