The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
$20.44 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Exports - commodities:
copper, fish, fruits, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Exports - partners:
US 16.2%, Japan 10.5%, China 8.6%, South Korea 4.7%, Mexico 4.3%,
Italy 4.2% (2003)
Imports:
$17.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, chemicals, motor vehicles, fuels, electrical
machinery, heavy industrial machinery, food
Imports - partners:
Argentina 19.4%, US 13%, Brazil 10.4%, China 6.6% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$15.84 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$43.15 billion (2003)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)
Currency:
Chilean peso (CLP)
Currency code:
CLP
Exchange rates:
Chilean pesos per US dollar - 691.433 (2003), 688.936 (2002),
634.938 (2001), 535.466 (2000), 508.777 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Chile
Telephones - main lines in use:
3.467 million (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6,445,700 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system based on extensive microwave
radio relay facilities
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links; domestic satellite
system with 3 earth stations
international: country code - 56; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 180 (eight inactive), FM 64, shortwave 17 (one inactive) (1998)
Radios:
5.18 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
63 (plus 121 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:
3.15 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.cl
Internet hosts:
202,429 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
7 (2000)
Internet users:
3.575 million (2002)
Transportation Chile
Railways:
total: 6,585 km
broad gauge: 2,831 km 1.676-m gauge (1,317 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,754 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total: 79,814 km
paved: 15,484 km (including 294 km of expressways)
unpaved: 64,330 km (2000)
Pipelines:
gas 2,583 km; gas/lpg 42 km; liquid petroleum gas 539 km; oil 1,003
km; refined products 757 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt,
Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso
Merchant marine:
total: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 725,216 GRT/954,519 DWT
by type: bulk 10, cargo 5, chemical tanker 9, container 3, liquefied
gas 1, passenger 3, petroleum tanker 7, roll on/roll off 4,
short-sea/passenger 1, vehicle carrier 4
foreign-owned: Argentina 1
registered in other countries: 28 (2004 est.)
Airports:
363 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 71
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 15 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 293
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 217 (2004 est.)
Military Chile
Military branches:
Army of the Nation, National Navy (including Naval Air, Coast
Guard, and Marine Corps), Air Force of the Nation, Chilean
Carabineros (National Police)
Military manpower - military age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service; all citizens 18–45 are obligated to perform military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army, 24 months for Navy and Air Force (2004)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15–49: 4,207,066 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 3,107,454 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 131,283 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2,839.6 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
4% (2003)
Transnational Issues Chile
Disputes - international:
Bolivia has reactivated its claim to the Atacama corridor ceded to
Chile in 1884 to secure sovereign maritime access for Bolivian
natural gas; dispute with Peru over the economic zone delimited by
the maritime boundary; Beagle Channel islands dispute resolved
through Papal mediation in 1984, but armed incidents persist since
1992 oil discovery; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean
Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims
Illicit drugs:
important transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe and
the US; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile
more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits,
especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone, but a new
anti-money-laundering law improves controls; imported precursors