_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $66 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $1.9 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $27 million
_#_Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (plural—francs); 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes
_#_Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (CFAF) per US$1—253.32 (December 1990), 171.26 (1990), 319.01 (1989), 297.85 (1988), 300.54 (1987), 346.30 (1986), 449.26 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: 649 km 1.437-meter standard-gauge single track (Transgabonese Railroad)
_#_Highways: 7,500 km total; 560 km paved, 960 km laterite, 5,980 km earth
_#_Inland waterways: 1,600 km perennially navigable
_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 270 km; refined products, 14 km
_#_Ports: Owendo, Port-Gentil, Libreville
_#_Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 18,563 GRT/25,330 DWT