same time, some Palestinian
municipalities, such as Nabulus and Janin, generate their own
electricity from small power plants

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: NA%
hydro: NA%
nuclear: NA%
other: NA%

Electricity--consumption: NA kWh

Electricity--exports: NA kWh

Electricity--imports: NA kWh

Agriculture--products: olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy
products

Exports: $781 million (f.o.b., 1997 est.) (includes Gaza Strip)

Exports--commodities: olives, fruit, vegetables, limestone

Exports--partners: Israel, Jordan

Imports: $2.1 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.) (includes Gaza Strip)

Imports--commodities: food, consumer goods, construction materials

Imports--partners: Israel, Jordan

Debt--external: $108 million (1997 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $NA

Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1
Jordanian dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils

Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1--4.2260
(November 1998), 3.4494 (1997), 3.1917 (1996), 3.0113 (1995), 3.0111
(1994); Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1--0.7090 (January 1999), 0.7090
(1998), 0.7090 (1997), 0.7090 (1996), 0.7005 (1995), 0.6987 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)

Communications

Telephones: NA; 3.1% of Palestinian households have telephones

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA
note: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are
responsible for communication services in the West Bank

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: NA; note--82% of Palestinian households have radios (1992
est.)

Television broadcast stations: NA

Televisions: NA; note--54% of Palestinian households have
televisions (1992 est.)

Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 4,500 km
paved: 2,700 km
unpaved: 1,800 km (1997 est.)
note: Israelis have developed many highways to service Jewish
settlements

Ports and harbors: none

Airports: 2 (1998 est.)

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

Military

Military branches: NA

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: NA%

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: West Bank and Gaza Strip are
Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement--permanent status to be
d