ectricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry,
eggs, dairy products; fish

Exports: $38 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

Exports--commodities: crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried
fish, dates

Exports--partners: Japan 36%, South Korea 9%, Singapore 5%, India
5%, Oman 3% (1997)

Imports: $29.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.)

Imports--commodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport
equipment, chemicals, food

Imports--partners: US 9%, Japan 9%, UK 9%, Germany 6%, India 6%
(1997)

Debt--external: $14 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $NA

Currency: 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils

Exchange rates: Emirian dirhams (Dh) per US$1--central bank
mid-point rate: 3.6725 (January 1999), 3.6725 (1998); fixed rate:
3.6710 (1994-1997)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 677,793 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: modern system consisting of microwave radio
relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international: satellite earth stations--3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean
and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar,
Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain;
microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia

Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 545,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 15 (1997)

Televisions: 170,000 (1993 est.)

Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 4,835 km
paved: 4,835 km
unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 830 km; natural gas, including natural gas
liquids, 870 km

Ports and harbors: 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Das Island, Khawr Fakkan,
Mina' Jabal 'Ali, Mina' Khalid, Mina' Rashid, Mina' Saqr, Mina'
Zayid, Umm al Qaywayn

Merchant marine:
total: 74 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,093,795 GRT/1,757,189
DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 20, chemical tanker 4, container 8,
liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 1, oil tanker 28,
refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 7 (1998 est.)

Airports: 41 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 20
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
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