_#_Currency: gourde (plural—gourdes); 1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes

_#_Exchange rates: gourdes (G) per US$1— 5.0 (fixed rate)

_#_Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

_*Communications #_Railroads: 40 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge, single-track, privately owned industrial line

_#_Highways: 4,000 km total; 950 km paved, 900 km otherwise improved, 2,150 km unimproved

_#_Inland waterways: negligible; less than 100 km navigable

_#_Ports: Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haitien

_#_Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 15 total, 10 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: domestic facilities barely adequate, international facilities slightly better; 36,000 telephones; stations—33 AM, no FM, 4 TV, 2 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean earth station