Electricity: capacity: 2,480,000 kW production: 10.5 billion kWh consumption per capita: 2,600 kWh (1994)
Industries: natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing
Agriculture: cotton, grain, animal husbandry
Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis and opium poppy; mostly for CIS consumption; limited government eradication program; used as transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest Asia to Western Europe
Economic aid:
recipient: Turkmenistan has received about $200 million in bilateral
aid credits
Currency: Turkmenistan introduced its national currency, the manat, on
1 November 1993
Exchange rates: manats per US$1 - multiple rate system: 10 (official) and 230 (permitted in transactions between the government and individuals)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Railroads:
total: 2,120 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines
broad gauge: 2,120 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)