The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Budget:

       revenues:

       $96 million

       expenditures:

       $88 million, including capital expenditures of $33 million (1991 est.)

       Exports:

       $21 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       vanilla, cloves, perfume oil, copra, ylang-ylang

       partners:

       US 53%, France 41%, Africa 4%, FRG 2% (1988)

       Imports:

       $60 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.)

       commodities:

       rice and other foodstuffs, cement, petroleum products, consumer goods

       partners:

       Europe 62% (France 22%), Africa 5%, Pakistan, China (1988)

       External debt:

       $160 million (1992 est.)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate −6.5% (1989 est.); accounts for 10% of GDP

       Electricity:

       capacity:

       16,000 kW

       production:

       25 million kWh

       consumption per capita:

       50 kWh (1991)

       Industries:

       perfume distillation, textiles, furniture, jewelry, construction

       materials, soft drinks

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 40% of GDP; most of population works in subsistence

       agriculture and fishing; plantations produce cash crops for export -

       vanilla, cloves, perfume essences, copra; principal food crops -

       coconuts, bananas, cassava; world's leading producer of essence of

       ylang-ylang (for perfumes) and second-largest producer of vanilla;

       large net food importer

       Economic aid:

       recipient:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY80–89), $10 million; Western

       (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $435

       million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979–89), $22 million; Communist

       countries (1970–89), $18 million

       Currency:

       1 Comoran franc (CF) = 100 centimes

       Exchange rates:

       Comoran francs (CF) per US$1 - 444.03 (January 1994), 254.57 (1993),

       264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989)

       note:

       beginning 12 January 1994, the Comoran franc was devalued to 75 per

       French franc from 50 per French franc at which it had been fixed since

       1948

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      @Comoros, Communications

      Highways:

       total:

       750 km

       paved:

       bituminous 210 km

       unpaved:

       crushed stone, gravel 540 km

       Ports:

       Mutsamudu, Moroni

       Airports:

       total:

       4

       usable:

       4

       with permanent-surface runways:

       4

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       0

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       1

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       3

       Telecommunications:

       sparse system of radio relay and high-frequency radio communication

       stations for interisland and external communications to Madagascar and

       Reunion; over 1,800 telephones; broadcast stations - 2 AM, 1 FM, no TV

      @Comoros, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Comoran Defense Force (FDC)

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 112,918; fit for military service 67,522

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA, NA% of GDP

      @Congo, Geography

      Location:

       Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean between Gabon and

       Zaire

       Map references:

       Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

       Area:

       total area:

       342,000 sq km

       land area:

       341,500 sq km

       comparative area:

       slightly smaller than Montana

       Land boundaries:

       total 5,504 km, Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African

       Republic 467 km, Gabon 1,903 km, Zaire 2,410 km

       Coastline:

       169 km

       Maritime claims:

       territorial sea:

       200 nm

       International disputes:

       long segment of boundary with Zaire along the Congo River is

       indefinite (no division of the river or its islands has been made)

       Climate:

       tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October);

       constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating

       climate astride the Equator

       Terrain:

       coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin

       Natural resources:

       petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates,

       natural gas

       Land use:

       arable land:

       2%

       permanent crops:

       0%

       meadows and pastures:

       29%

       forest and woodland:

       62%

       other:

       7%

       Irrigated land:

       40 sq km (1989)

       Environment:

       current issues:

       air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from the dumping

       of raw sewage; deforestation

       natural hazards:

       NA

       international agreements:

       party to - Endangered Species, Tropical Timber; signed, but not