beverages, chemicals, cement; gold, coal, emeralds

Industrial production growth rate: -1.2% (1996)

Electricity--production: 53.725 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: 19.26%
hydro: 80.74%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1996)

Electricity--consumption: 53.857 billion kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 132 million kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: coffee, cut flowers, bananas, rice,
tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseed, vegetables; forest
products; shrimp

Exports: $11.3 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Exports--commodities: petroleum, coffee, coal, gold, bananas, cut
flowers

Exports--partners: US 38%, EU 23%, Andean Community 18%, Japan 3%
(1997)

Imports: $14.4 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.)

Imports--commodities: industrial equipment, transportation
equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products, fuels

Imports--partners: US 42%, EU 23%, Andean Community 14%, Japan 4%
(1997)

Debt--external: $18 billion (1998 est.)

Economic aid--recipient: $40.7 million (1995)

Currency: 1 Colombian peso (Col$) = 100 centavos

Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (Col$) per US$1--1,562.0 (February
1999), 1,426.04 (1998), 1,140.96 (1997), 1,036.69 (1996), 912.83
(1995), 844.84 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 1.89 million (1986 est.)

Telephone system: modern system in many respects
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic
satellite system with 11 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 463, FM 35, shortwave 45 (1998 est.)

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 60 (includes seven low-power
stations) (1997)

Televisions: 5.5 million (1993 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: 3,380 km
standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge (connects Cerrejon coal mines
to maritime port at Bahia de Portete)
narrow gauge: 3,230 km 0.914-m gauge (1,830 km in use) (1995)

Highways:
total: 115,564 km
paved: 13,868 km
unpaved: 101,696 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 14,300 km, navigable by river boats

Pipelines: crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km;
natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km

Ports and harbors: Bahia de Portete, Barranquilla, Buenaventura,
Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco,
Turbo

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