lower house or House of Representatives: last held October 1995); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (81 total) Chamber of Representatives: last held 7 May 1993) Exchange rates: Irish pounds (#Ir) per US$1 - 0.6118 (January 1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March *Lesotho, Communications Railroads: 9.6 km (single track) 1.524-meter gauge from Kushka (Turkmenistan) to Towraghondi and 15.0 km from Termez (Uzbekistan) to Kheyrabad transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin transiting the Balkan route Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY80-89), $10 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $4.3 billion; expenditures $14.7 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $39.2 billion (f.o.b., 1992 est.) commodities: cocoa 30%, coffee 20%, tropical woods 11%, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm kernels, rubber; food crops - cotton, cashew nuts, peanuts,
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