vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco,
petroleum products, electrical machinery
Imports - partners: Brazil 34%, US, Argentina, Uruguay, EU, Hong Kong
(1998)
Debt - external: $2.7 billion (1999)
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 guarani (G) = 100 centimos
Exchange rates: guarani (G) per US$ - 3.332.0 (January 2000), 3,119.1
(1999), 2,726.5 (1998), 2,177.9 (1997), 2,056.8 (1996), 1,963.0
(1995); note - since early 1998, the exchange rate has operated as a
managed float; prior to that, the exchange rate was determined freely
in the market
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Paraguay:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 167,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 15,807 (1995)
Telephone system: meager telephone service; principal switching center
is Asuncion
domestic: fair microwave radio relay network
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 46, FM 27, shortwave 6 (three inactive)
(1998)
Radios: 925,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 10 (1997)
Televisions: 515,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (1999)
@Paraguay:Transportation
Railways:
total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
Highways:
total: 29,500 km
paved: 15,000 km
unpaved: 14,500 km (1999)
Waterways: 3,100 km
Ports and harbors: Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Merchant marine:
total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 DWT
ships by type: cargo 15, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 4,
roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)
Airports: 937 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 927
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 551 (1999 est.)
@Paraguay:Military
Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Naval Air and Marines), Air
Force
Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,349,800 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 974,313 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 56,701 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $125 million (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.4% (FY98)
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