or modify a standard gauge double-track; 3,475 km overhead electrified (1988) Highways: 55,890 km total (1988) Inland waterways: 2,000 km gravel or natural surface tracks Pipelines: crude oil 11%, foodstuffs 9%, consumer goods, food partners: France, other EC countries, Japan, US (1987) External debt: $1.3 billion (c.i.f., 1988) commodities: (principally reexports) petroleum 51%, manufactured goods partners: US 24%, Japan 19%, other Arab 23%, South Asian subcontinent; near important Indian Ocean INTELSAT; domestic satellite communications system *Indonesia, Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of France and Reunion. Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA,
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