_#_Currency: metical (plural—meticais); 1 metical (Mt) = 100 centavos
_#_Exchange rates: meticais (Mt) per US$1—1,700 (November 1990), 800.00 (1989), 528.60 (1988), 289.44 (1987), 40.43 (1986), 43.18 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 3,288 km total; 3,140 km 1.067-meter gauge; 148 km 0.762-meter narrow gauge; Malawi-Nacala, Malawi-Beira, and Zimbabwe-Maputo lines are subject to closure because of insurgency
_#_Highways: 26,498 km total; 4,593 km paved; 829 km gravel, crushed stone, stabilized soil; 21,076 km unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: about 3,750 km of navigable routes
_#_Pipelines: 306 km crude oil (not operating); 289 km refined products
_#_Ports: Maputo, Beira, Nacala
_#_Merchant marine: 5 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,806 GRT/12,873 DWT
_#_Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft