_#_Industries: limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as dairy products and mineral-water bottling
_#_Agriculture: accounts for only 5% of GDP; scanty rainfall limits crop production to mostly fruit and vegetables; half of population pastoral nomads herding goats, sheep, and camels; imports bulk of food needs
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY78-89), $39 million; Western (non-US) countries, including ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $1,035 million; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $149 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $35 million
_#_Currency: Djiboutian franc (plural—francs); 1 Djiboutian franc (DF) = 100 centimes
_#_Exchange rates: Djiboutian francs (DF) per US$1—177.721 (fixed rate since 1973)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: the Ethiopian-Djibouti railroad extends for 97 km through Djibouti
_#_Highways: 2,900 km total; 280 km bituminous surface, 2,620 km improved or unimproved earth (1982)
_#_Ports: Djibouti
_#_Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft