Agriculture: accounts for 10% of GDP; livestock raising major source
of cash income; crops - millet, sorghum, peanuts; fish catch potential
of over 1 million metric tons not being fulfilled
Economic aid:
recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-87), $47.2 million
Currency: 1 South African rand (R) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: South African rand (R) per US$1 - 3.539 (January 1995), 3.5489 (1994), 3.2678 (1993), 2.8497 (1992), 2.7653 (1991), 2.5863 (1990)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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Railroads: total: 2,341 km (single track) narrow gauge: 2,341 km 1.067-m gauge
Highways: total: 54,500 km paved: 4,080 km unpaved: gravel 2,540 km; earth 47,880 km (roads and tracks)
Ports: Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Merchant marine: none