sumption: 1.11 billion kWh (1997) Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricity—imports: 685.6 million kWh (1997) Agriculture—products: cotton, cashew nuts, sugarcane, tea, cassava (tapioca), corn, rice, tropical fruits; beef, poultry Exports: $295 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.) Exports—commodities: shrimp 40%, cashews, cotton, sugar, copra, citrus (1997) Exports—partners: Spain 17%, South Africa 16%, Portugal 12%, US 10%, Japan, Malawi, India, Zimbabwe (1996 est.) Imports: $965 million (c.i.f., 1998 est.) Imports—commodities: food, clothing, farm equipment, petroleum (1997) Imports—partners: South Africa 55%, Zimbabwe 7%, Saudi Arabia 5%, Portugal 4%, US, Japan, India (1996 est.) Debt—external: $5.7 billion (December 1997) Economic aid—recipient: $1.115 billion (1995) Currency: 1 metical (Mt) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: meticais (Mt) per US$1—12,394.0 (January 1999), 11,874.6 (1998), 11.543.6 (1997), 11,293.8 (1996), 9,024.3 (1995), 6,038.6 (1994) Fiscal year: calendar yearCommunicationsTelephones: 70,000 (1998 est.) Telephone system: fair system of tropospheric scatter, open-wire lines, and microwave radio relaydomestic: microwave radio relay and tropospheric scatterinternational: satellite earth stations—5 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean) Radio broadcast stations: AM 29, FM 4, shortwave 0 Radios: 700,000 (1992 est.) Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997) Televisions: 44,000 (1992 est.)TransportationRailways:total: 3,131 kmnarrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994) Highways:total: 30,400 kmpaved: 5,685 kmunpaved: 24,715 km (1996 est.) Waterways: about 3,750 km of navigable routes Pipelines: crude oil 306 km; petroleum products 289 kmnote: not operating Ports and harbors: Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba, Quelimane Merchant marine:total: 3 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 DWT (1998 est.) Airports: 174 (...
