Industries: limited to a few small-scale enterprises, such as dairy
products and mineral-water bottling
Agriculture: mostly fruit and vegetables; herding of goats, sheep, and
camels
Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY78-89), $39 million;
Western (non-US) countries, including ODA and OOF bilateral
commitments (1970-89), $1.1 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89),
$149 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $35 million
Currency: 1 Djiboutian franc (DF) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Djiboutian francs (DF) per US$1 - 177.721 (fixed rate since 1973)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Railroads:
total: 97 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
narrow gauge: 97 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways: total: 2,900 km paved: 280 km unpaved: improved, unimproved earth 2,620 km (1982)
Ports: Djibouti