The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

$20.44 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine

      Exports - partners:

       US 16.2%, Japan 10.5%, China 8.6%, South Korea 4.7%, Mexico 4.3%,

       Italy 4.2% (2003)

      Imports:

       $17.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical

       machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food

      Imports - partners:

       Argentina 19.4%, US 13%, Brazil 10.4%, China 6.6% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $15.84 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $43.15 billion (2003)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)

      Currency:

       Chilean peso (CLP)

      Currency code:

       CLP

      Exchange rates:

       Chilean pesos per US dollar - 691.433 (2003), 688.936 (2002),

       634.938 (2001), 535.466 (2000), 508.777 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Chile

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       3.467 million (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       6,445,700 (2002)

      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: country code - 56; 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 hosts:

       202,429 (2003)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       7 (2000)

      Internet users:

       3.575 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 (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 79,814 km

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

       unpaved: 64,330 km (2000)

      Pipelines:

       gas 2,583 km; gas/lpg 42 km; liquid petroleum gas 539 km; oil 1,003

       km; refined products 757 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

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

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

      Merchant marine:

       total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 725,216 GRT/954,519 DWT

       by type: bulk 10, cargo 5, chemical tanker 9, container 3, liquefied

       gas 1, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 4,

       short-sea/passenger 1, vehicle carrier 4

       foreign-owned: Argentina 1

       registered in other countries: 28 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       363 (2003 est.)

      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 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 293

       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: 217 (2004 est.)

      Military Chile

      Military branches:

       Army of the Nation, National Navy (including Naval Air, Coast

       Guard, and Marine Corps), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean

       Carabineros (National Police)

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; all citizens 18–45 are obligated to perform military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy and Air Force (2004)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 4,207,066 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 3,107,454 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 131,283 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $2,839.6 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       4% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Chile

      Disputes - international:

       Bolivia has reactivated its claim to the Atacama corridor ceded to

       Chile in 1884 to secure sovereign maritime access for Bolivian

       natural gas; dispute with Peru over the economic zone delimited by

       the maritime boundary; 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:

       important transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and

       the US; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile

       more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits,

       especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a new

       anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors