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Electricity--consumption: 34 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses;
cattle, pigs, pork, eggs

Exports: $743 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

Exports--commodities: minerals, metallurgical products,
agricultural and fishery products, manufactures (including armaments)

Exports--partners: Japan 28%, South Korea 21%, China 5%, Germany
4%, Russia 1% (1995)

Imports: $1.83 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.)

Imports--commodities: petroleum, grain, coking coal, machinery and
equipment, consumer goods

Imports--partners: China 33%, Japan 17%, Russia 5%, South Korea
4%, Germany 3% (1995)

Debt--external: $12 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $NA; note?an estimated $200 million to
$300 million in humanitarian aid from US, South Korea, Japan, and EU
in 1997

Currency: 1 North Korean won (Wn) = 100 chon

Exchange rates: official: North Korean won (Wn) per US$1--2.15
(May 1994), 2.13 (May 1992), 2.14 (September 1991), 2.1 (January
1990), 2.3 (December 1989); market: North Korean won (Wn) per
US$1--200

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 1.4 million (1998 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: system is being expanded with installation of fiber-optic
cable nationwide; access traditionally reserved for official and
business subscribers; public access is expected to increase
international: satellite earth stations--1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
and 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region); other international
connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations: AM 27, FM 14, shortwave 3

Radios: 4.7 million

Television broadcast stations: 38

Televisions: 2 million

Transportation

Railways:
broad gauge: NA km
total: 5,000 km
standard gauge: 4,095 km 1.435-m gauge (3,500 km electrified; 159 km
double track)
narrow gauge: 665 km 0.762-m gauge
dual gauge: 240 km 1.435-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1996
est.)

Highways:
total: 31,200 km
paved: 1,997 km
unpaved: 29,203 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 2,253 km; mostly navigable by small craft only

Pipelines: crude oil 37 km; petroleum product 180 km

Ports and harbors: Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung),
Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong
(formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan

Merchant marine:
total: 110