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

- exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       11,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Current account balance:

       $-48 million (2003)

      Exports:

       $321 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       manufactures, coffee, oils, cocoa

      Exports - partners:

       US 83.8%, Dominican Republic 6.5%, Canada 3.2% (2003)

      Imports:

       $1.028 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       food, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, fuels,

       raw materials

      Imports - partners:

       US 53.5%, Dominican Republic 5.9%, Colombia 2.9% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $73 million (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $1.2 billion (1999)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $120 million (FY02)

      Currency:

       gourde (HTG)

      Currency code:

       HTG

      Exchange rates:

       gourdes per US dollar - 40.5 (2003), 29.2505 (2002), 24.4291

       (2001), 21.1707 (2000), 16.9379 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       1 October - 30 September

      Communications Haiti

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       130,000 (2002)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       140,000 (2002)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: domestic facilities barely adequate;

       international facilities slightly better

       domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay trunk service

       international: country code - 509; satellite earth station - 1

       Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)

      Radios:

       415,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)

      Televisions:

       38,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .ht

      Internet hosts:

       NA

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       3 (2000)

      Internet users:

       80,000 (2002)

      Transportation Haiti

      Highways: total: 4,160 km paved: 1,011 km unpaved: 3,149 km (1999 est.)

      Ports and harbors:

       Cap-Haitien, Gonaives, Jacmel, Jeremie, Les Cayes, Miragoane,

       Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix, Saint-Marc

      Merchant marine:

       none

      Airports:

       12 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:

       total: 4

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

       914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 9

       914 to 1,523 m: 4

       under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)

      Military Haiti

      Military branches:

       Haitian National Police (HNP)

       note: the regular Haitian Army, Navy, and Air Force have been

       demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are

       constitutionally abolished

      Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary recruitment into the police force (2001)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 1,792,112 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 975,341 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 97,429 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $25.8 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       0.9% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Haiti

      Disputes - international:

       despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians fleeing

       economic privation and civil unrest continue to cross into Dominican

       Republic and to sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims

       US-administered Navassa Island

      Illicit drugs:

       major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US

       and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian

       narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial

       transactions; pervasive corruption

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      @Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Introduction Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Background:

       These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred

       from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal

       and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.

      Geography Heard Island and McDonald Islands

      Location:

       islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from

       Madagascar to Antarctica

      Geographic coordinates:

       53 06 S, 72 31 E

      Map references:

       Antarctic Region

      Area:

       total: 412 sq km

       water: 0 sq km

       land: 412 sq km

      Area