The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, grapes, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, fruit; beef, poultry, wool; fish; timber

      Exports:

       $17.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals

      Exports - partners:

       US 19.1%, Japan 10.5%, China 6.7%, Mexico 5%, Italy 4.7%, UK 4.4%

       (2002)

      Imports:

       $15.6 billion f.o.b. (2002)

      Imports - commodities:

       consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical

       machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food

      Imports - partners:

       Argentina 18%, US 14.9%, Brazil 9.5%, China 6.5%, Germany 4.3%

       (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $40.4 billion (2002)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)

      Currency:

       Chilean peso (CLP)

      Currency code:

       CLP

      Exchange rates:

       Chilean pesos per US dollar - 688.95 (2002), 634.94 (2001), 535.47

       (2000), 508.78 (1999), 460.29 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Chile

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       2.603 million (1998)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       944,225 (1998)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: modern system based on extensive microwave

       radio relay facilities

       domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite

       system with 3 earth stations

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 180 (eight inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (one inactive) (1998)

      Radios:

       5.18 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)

      Televisions:

       3.15 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .cl

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       7 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3.1 million (2002)

      Transportation Chile

      Railways:

       total: 6,585 km

       broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)

      Highways:

       total: 79,814 km

       paved: 15,484 km (including 294 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 64,330 km (2000)

      Waterways:

       725 km

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,267 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 42 km; liquid petroleum gas

       531 km; oil 983 km; refined products 545 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt,

       Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso

      Merchant marine:

       total: 50 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 696,202 GRT/900,317 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 6, chemical tanker 9, container 4,

       liquefied gas 2, passenger 4, petroleum tanker 6, roll on/roll off

       6, vehicle carrier 4

       note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of

       convenience: Netherlands 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       363 (2002)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 71

       over 3,047 m: 6

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 6

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 21

       914 to 1,523 m: 23

       under 914 m: 15 (2002)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 292

       over 3,047 m: 1

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 4

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 11

       914 to 1,523 m: 60

       under 914 m: 216 (2002)

      Military Chile

      Military branches:

       Army of the Nation, National Navy (including naval air, coast

       guard, and marines), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean Carabineros

       (National Police), Investigations Police

      Military manpower - military age:

       19 years of age (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 4,154,636 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 3,070,140 (2003 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 131,324 (2003 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $2.5 billion (FY99)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       3.1% (FY99)

      Transnational Issues Chile

      Disputes - international:

       Bolivia continues to press Chile and Peru to restore the Atacama

       corridor ceded to Chile in 1884; dispute with Peru over the economic

       zone delimited by the maritime boundary; Chile demands water rights

       to Bolivia's Rio Lauca and Silala Spring; Beagle Channel islands

       dispute resolved through Papal mediation in 1984, but armed

       incidents persist since 1992 oil discovery; territorial claim in

       Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps

       Argentine and British claims

      Illicit drugs:

       a growing transshipment country for cocaine destined for the US and

       Europe; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile

       more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits,

       especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone; imported precursors

       passed on to Bolivia; domestic cocaine consumption is rising

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