(Rp) = 100 stotinki Exchange rates: US currency is used Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1 - 0.9931 (February 1993), 5.1046 (1992), 3.4282 (1991), 2.4480 (1990), 2.1133 (1989), 1.8018 (1988) Fiscal year: calendar year *Maldives, Communications Highways: 200 km paved, 46,200 km gravel and crushed stone Inland waterways: 2,253 km; mostly navigable by shallow-draft craft Pipelines: petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, food and beverages, cement, diamonds Agriculture: cash crops - paddy rice, corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $26.7 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1978-89), $315 million; USSR (1970-89), $11.6 billion; Eastern Europe
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