Currency: introduced provisional som-coupons 10 November 1993 which circulated parallel to the Russian rubles; became the sole legal currency 31 January 1994; was replaced in July 1994 by the som currency
Exchange rates: soms per US$1 - 25 (yearend 1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Uzbekistan:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 3,460 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines
broad gauge: 3,460 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
Highways:
total: 78,400 km
paved and graveled: 67,000 km
unpaved: earth 11,400 km (1990)
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 40 km; natural gas 810
km (1992)
Ports: Termiz
Airports:
total: 261
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 6
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 14
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 8
with paved runways under 914 m: 5
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 216
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