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Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity: capacity: 23,000 kW production: 150 million kWh consumption per capita: 5,230 kWh (1992)

Agriculture: vegetables, corn, wheat, potatoes, grapes; livestock

Exports: $1.636 billion (1993) commodities: small specialty machinery, dental products, stamps, hardware, pottery partners: EC countries 42.7%, EFTA countries 20.9% (Switzerland 15.4%), other 36.4% (1990)

Imports: $NA commodities: machinery, metal goods, textiles, foodstuffs, motor vehicles partners: NA

External debt: $NA

Economic aid: none

Currency: 1 Swiss franc, franken, or franco (SwF) = 100 centimes, rappen, or centesimi

Exchange rates: Swiss francs, franken, or franchi (SwF) per US$1 - 1.1810 (January 1996), 1.1825 (1995), 1.3677 (1994), 1.4776 (1993), 1.4062 (1992), 1.4340 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: total: 18.5 km; note - owned, operated, and included in statistics of Austrian Federal Railways standard gauge: 18.5 km 1.435-m gauge (electrified)

Highways: total: 238 km paved: 238 km unpaved: 0 km (1986 est.)

Ports: none

Airports: none

Communications --------------

Telephones: 18,916 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: limited, but sufficient automatic telephone system domestic: NA international: linked to Swiss networks by cable and microwave radio relay

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: linked to Swiss networks

Radios: 11,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: NA note: linked to Swiss networks

Televisions: 10,620 (1993 est.)

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Switzerland

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Location: 56 00 N, 24 00 E -- Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia