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(Nu) per US$1 - 5.4 (fixed rate); 5.70 parallel black-market rate (April 1993) Budget: revenues $1.7 billion; expenditures $3.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY86 est.) Exports: $2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1990) commodities: machinery 38%, fuels and energy 2.8% partners: OECD 70.7%, (EC 50.1%, EFTA 15.0%), LDCs 5.1%, former CEMA countries 51.0% (former USSR 43.2%, Poland 3.7%); developed countries 4%, former Communist countries (1970-89), $614 million Currency: US currency is used *Midway Islands, Communications Highways: 2,165 km total; 1,300 km paved, 2,170 km gravel Ports: Mutsamudu, Moroni Airports: total: 2 useable: 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 42 Telecommunications: excellent system including 60-channel submarine cable, and radiocommunication stations; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubayy; 386,600 telephones; satellite ground stations - 64 AM, 2 FM, 2 TV; 1 satellite earth

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