The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- commodities:
petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials,
machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Imports - partners:
Thailand 26.4%, Hong Kong 14.4%, Singapore 11.8%, China 11.3%,
Vietnam 8.3%, Taiwan 8%, South Korea 4.1% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$861.4 million (2003)
Debt - external:
$2.4 billion (2002 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$548 million pledged in grants and concessional loans for 2001 by
international donors (actual disbursement in 2002 was about $500
million)
Currency:
riel (KHR)
Currency code:
KHR
Exchange rates:
riels per US dollar - 3,973.33 (2003), 3,912.08 (2002), 3,916.33
(2001), 3,840.75 (2000), 3,807.83 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Cambodia
Telephones - main lines in use:
35,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
380,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate landline and/or cellular service in
Phnom Penh and other provincial cities; mobile phone coverage is
rapidly expanding in rural areas
domestic: NA
international: country code - 855; adequate but expensive landline
and cellular service available to all countries from Phnom Penh and
major provincial cities; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik
(Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 17, (2003)
Radios:
1.34 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
7 (2003)
Televisions:
94,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.kh
Internet hosts:
818 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)
Internet users:
30,000 (2002)
Transportation Cambodia
Railways: total: 602 km narrow gauge: 602 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways: total: 12,323 km paved: 1,996 km unpaved: 10,327 km (2000 est)
Waterways:
2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Kampong Som (Sihanoukville), Kampot, Krong Kaoh Kong, Phnom Penh,
Sre Ambol, Keo Phoh Port (privately owned) (2003)
Merchant marine:
total: 467 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,913,910 GRT/2,713,967 DWT
registered in other countries: 19 (2004 est.)
foreign-owned: Algeria 2, Angola 1, Aruba 1, Bahamas 1, Belize 10,
British Virgin Islands 7, Bulgaria 1, Canada 4, China 35, Cyprus 14,
Egypt 8, Finland 1, France 1, Georgia 1, Germany 1, Gibraltar 1,
Greece 9, Honduras 8, Hong Kong 12, Indonesia 2, Iran 1, Italy 2,
Japan 1, Jordan 1, North Korea 2, South Korea 31, Lebanon 2, Liberia
7, Malaysia 1, Malta 2, Marshall Islands 11, Netherlands 2, Nigeria
2, Norway 1, Panama 8, Romania 1, Russia 81, Saint Kitts and Nevis
2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5, Samoa 2, Singapore 7, Spain
1, Syria 19, Taiwan 1, Turkey 11
by type: bulk 42, cargo 360, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 3,
container 13, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 4, multi-functional
large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 16,
refrigerated cargo 13, roll on/roll off 5, short-sea/passenger 2
Airports:
20 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 14
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 11
Heliports:
2 (2003 est.)
Military Cambodia
Military branches:
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18–30 years of age for compulsory military service for all males; conscription law passed September 2004; service obligation is 18 months (September 2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 3,402,703 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 1,899,710 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 170,072 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$112 million (FY01 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3% (FY01 est.)
Transnational Issues Cambodia
Disputes - international:
land boundary disputes persist among Cambodian claims that Thailand
and Vietnam moved or destroyed boundary markers; maritime boundary
with Vietnam is hampered by dispute over offshore islands; Cambodia
periodically accuses Thailand of obstructing access to Preah Vihear
temple ruins awarded to Cambodia by ICJ decision in 1962; 2003
anti-Thai riots in Phnom Penh resulted in the destruction of the
Thai Embassy, damage to 17 Thai-owned businesses, and disputes over
full payment of compensation
Illicit drugs:
narcotics-related corruption reportedly involving some in the
government, military, and police; possible small-scale opium,
heroin, and amphetamine production; large producer of cannabis for
the international market; vulnerable to money laundering due to its
cash-based economy and porous borders
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