s: Canada 25.9%, US 20.4%, UK 22.7%, Netherlands
Antilles 8.4%, Germany 4.3% (1996)

Imports: $641.6 million (1997 est.)

Imports--commodities: manufactures, machinery, petroleum, food

Imports--partners: US 27.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 17.7%,
Netherlands Antilles 12.1%, UK 10.7%, Japan 4.2% (1996)

Debt--external: $1.5 billion (1997)

Economic aid--recipient: $84 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Guyanese dollar (G$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Guyanese dollars (G$) per US$1--163.7 (December
1998), 150.5 (1998), 142.4 (1997), 140.4 (1996), 142.0 (1995), 138.3
(1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 33,000 (1987 est.)

Telephone system: fair system for long-distance calling
domestic: microwave radio relay network for trunk lines
international: tropospheric scatter to Trinidad; satellite earth
station--1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 1

Radios: 398,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 public station; two private
stations relay US satellite services (1997)

Televisions: 32,000 (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 88 km (all dedicated to ore transport)
standard gauge: 40 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 48 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 7,970 km
paved: 590 km
unpaved: 7,380 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 6,000 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice,
Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels
for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

Ports and harbors: Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam,
Parika

Merchant marine:
total: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,340 GRT/4,530
DWT (1998 est.)

Airports: 48 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 35 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Guyana Defense Force (GDF; includes Ground
Forces, Coast Guard, and Air Corps), Guyana People's Militia (GPM),
Guyana National Service (GNS), Guyana Police Force

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 202,509 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 152,839 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $7 million (1994)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 1.7% (1