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

Unemployment rate: 4.9% (1993) Budget: revenues: $113 billion expenditures: $109 billion, including capital expenditures of $23 billion (1992) Exports: $38.8 billion (f.o.b. 1993) commodities: iron ore, soybean bran, orange juice, footwear, coffee, motor vehicle parts partners: EC 27.6%, Latin America 21.8%, US 17.4%, Japan 6.3% (1993) Imports: $25.7 billion (f.o.b. 1993) commodities: crude oil, capital goods, chemical products, foodstuffs, coal partners: US 23.3%, EC 22.5%, Middle East 13.0%, Latin America 11.8%, Japan 6.5% (1993) External debt: $119 billion (1993) Industrial production: growth rate 9.5% (1993); accounts for 39% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 63,765,000 kW production: 242.184 billion kWh consumption per capita: 1,531 kWh (1992) Industries: textiles and other consumer goods, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, steel, motor vehicles and auto parts, metalworking, capital goods, tin Agriculture: accounts for 11% of GDP; world's largest producer and exporter of coffee and orange juice concentrate and second-largest exporter of soybeans; other products - rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, beef; self-sufficient in food, except for wheat Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis and coca, mostly for domestic consumption; government has a modest eradication program to control cannabis and coca cultivation; important transshipment country for Bolivian and Colombian cocaine headed for the US and Europe Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70–89), $2.5 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970–89), $10.2 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979–89), $284 million; former Communist countries (1970–89), $1.3 billion Currency: 1 cruzeiro real (CR$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: CR$ per US$1 - 390.845 (January 1994), 88.449 (1993), 4.513 (1992), 0.407 (1991), 0.068 (1990), 0.003 (1989) note: on 1 August 1993 the cruzeiro real, equal to 1,000 cruzeiros, was introduced; another new currency, the real, will be introduced on 1 July 1994 Fiscal year: calendar year

      @Brazil, Communications

      Railroads:

       30,133 km total; 24,690 km 1.000-meter gauge, 5,120 km 1.600-meter

       gauge, 310 km mixed 1.600–1.000-meter gauge, 13 km 0.760-meter gauge;

       2,150 km electrified

       Highways:

       total:

       1,670,148 km

       paved:

       161,503 km

       unpaved:

       gravel/earth 1,508,645 km (1990)

       Inland waterways:

       50,000 km navigable

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 2,000 km; petroleum products 3,804 km; natural gas 1,095 km

       Ports:

       Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio

       de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos

       Merchant marine:

       220 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,139,176 GRT/8,695,682 DWT,

       bulk 53, cargo 40, chemical tanker 14, combination ore/oil 12,

       container 11, liquified gas 11, oil tanker 62, passenger-cargo 5,

       refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11

       note:

       in addition, 1 naval tanker is sometimes used commercially

       Airports:

       total:

       3,581

       usable:

       3,024

       with permanent-surface runways:

       436

       with runways over 3,659 m:

       2

       with runways 2,440–3,659 m:

       22

       with runways 1,220–2,439 m:

       598

       Telecommunications:

       good system; extensive microwave radio relay facilities; 9.86 million

       telephones; broadcast stations - 1,223 AM, no FM, 112 TV, 151

       shortwave; 3 coaxial submarine cables, 3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth

       stations and 64 domestic satellite earth stations

      @Brazil, Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Brazilian Army, Navy of Brazil (including Marines), Brazilian Air

       Force, Military Police (paramilitary)

       Manpower availability:

       males age 15–49 43,489,704; fit for military service 29,286,530; reach

       military age (18) annually 1,674,930 (1994 est.)

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $1.1 billion, 3% of GDP (1990)

      @British Indian Ocean Territory

      Header Affiliation: (dependent territory of the UK)

      @British Indian Ocean Territory, Geography

      Location: Southern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, south of India about halfway between Africa and Indonesia Map references: Standard Time Zones of the World Area: total area: 60 sq km land area: 60 sq km comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC note: includes the island of Diego Garcia Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 698 km Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm International disputes: the entire Chagos Archipelago is claimed by Mauritius Climate: tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds Terrain: flat and low (up to 4 meters in elevation) Natural resources: coconuts, fish Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: archipelago of 2,300 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility

      @British Indian Ocean Territory, People

      Population:

       no indigenous inhabitants

       note:

       there are UK-US military personnel; civilian inhabitants, known as the

       Ilois, evacuated to Mauritius before construction of UK-US military

       facilities

      @British Indian Ocean Territory, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       British Indian Ocean Territory

       conventional short form:

       none

       Abbreviation:

       BIOT

       Digraph:

       IO

       Type:

       dependent territory of the UK

       Capital:

       none

       Independence:

       none (dependent territory of the UK)

       Executive branch:

       chief of state:

       Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)

       head of government:

       Commissioner Thomas GEORGE (since September 1991); Administrator Mr.

       R. G. WELLS (since NA 1991); note - both reside in the UK

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       none (dependent territory of the UK)

       US diplomatic representation:

       none (dependent territory of the UK)

       Flag:

       white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six

       blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown

       centered