The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- proved reserves:
142.5 million bbl (37257)
Natural gas - production:
7.35 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
2.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
5.2 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
314.4 billion cu m (37257)
Agriculture - products:
rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish
and fish products
Exports:
$2.7 billion f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities:
gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice
Exports - partners:
Thailand 31.4%, US 13%, India 7.4%, China 4.7% (2002)
Imports:
$2.5 billion f.o.b. (2002)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil;
food products
Imports - partners:
China 27%, Singapore 19.5%, Thailand 12%, Malaysia 9.1%, Taiwan
6.3%, South Korea 5.3%, Japan 4.3% (2002)
Debt - external:
$6.1 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$99 million (FY98/99)
Currency:
kyat (MMK)
Currency code:
MMK
Exchange rates:
kyats per US dollar - 6.64 (2002), 6.75 (2001), 6.52 (2000), 6.29
(1999), 6.34 (1998)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Burma
Telephones - main lines in use:
250,000 (2000)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
8,492 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and
intercity service for business and government; international service
is good
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:
4.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (1998)
Televisions:
320,000 (2000)
Internet country code:
.mm
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1
note: as of September 2000, Internet connections were legal only for
the government, tourist offices, and a few large businesses (2000)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Transportation Burma
Railways: total: 3,955 km narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2002)
Highways: total: 28,200 km paved: 3,440 km unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 12,800 km note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels
Pipelines:
gas 2,056 km; oil 558 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Bassein, Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Rangoon,
Akyab (Sittwe), Tavoy
Merchant marine:
total: 33 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 352,765 GRT/536,396 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Germany 5, Japan 4 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 7, cargo 21, container 1, passenger/cargo 3,
petroleum tanker 1
Airports:
80 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 8 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 72 under 914 m: 34 (2002) 914 to 1,523 m: 20 over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
Heliports: 1 (2002)
Military Burma
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: 12,349,921 note: both sexes liable for military service (2003 est.) females age 15–49: 12,358,507
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 6,566,122
females age 15–49: 6,553,458 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 453,420
females: 455,422 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$39 million (FY97)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.1% (FY97)
Transnational Issues Burma
Disputes - international:
despite continuing border committee talks, significant differences
remain with Thailand over boundary alignment and the handling of
ethnic rebels, refugees, and illegal cross-border activities
Illicit drugs:
world's second largest producer of illicit opium (potential
production in 2002 - 630 metric tons, down 27% due to drought and,
to a lesser extent, eradication; cultivation in 2002 - 77,000
hectares, a 27% decline from 2001); surrender of drug warlord KHUN
SA's Mong Tai Army in January 1996 was hailed by Rangoon as a major
counternarcotics success, but lack of government will and ability to
take on major narcotrafficking groups and lack of serious commitment
against money laundering continues to hinder the overall antidrug
effort; major source of methamphetamine and heroin for regional
consumption
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