: light manufactures 80.5%, coffee 7.6%, other
agriculture 7.2%

Exports--partners: US 76%, EU 19% (1997)

Imports: $486 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Imports--commodities: machines and manufactures 50%, food and
beverages 39%, petroleum products 2%, chemicals 5%, fats and oils 4%

Imports--partners: US 60%, EU 12% (1997)

Debt--external: $1 billion (1997 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $730.6 million (1995)

Currency: 1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: gourdes (G) per US$1--16.778 (January 1999),
16.205 (1998), 17.311 (1997), 15.093 (1996), 16.160 (1995), 12.947
(1994)

Fiscal year: 1 October--30 September

Communications

Telephones: 50,000 (1990 est.)

Telephone system: domestic facilities barely adequate;
international facilities slightly better
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station--1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 33, FM 0, shortwave 2

Radios: 320,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 2 (in addition, there is a cable
TV station) (1997)

Televisions: 32,000 (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line)--closed
in early 1990s
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge

Highways:
total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: NEGL; less than 100 km navigable

Ports and harbors: Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les
Cayes, Miragoane, Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc

Merchant marine: none

Airports: 13 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 5 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Haitian National Police (HNP)
note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been
demobilized but still exist on paper until/unless constitutionally
abolished

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,541,402 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 835,578 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 80,158 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $NA; note?mainly for police
and security activities

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: NA%

Military--note: the Haitia