Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $2.95 billion
(plus $250 million for 1992-96); Western (non-US) countries, ODA and
OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $525 million
Currency: 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1 - 8.760 (January 1995), 8.750 (1994), 8.670 (1993), 8.4500 (1992), 8.080 (1991), 8.0300 (1990)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@El Salvador:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned, unusable,
or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
Highways:
total: 10,000 km
paved: 1,500 km
unpaved: gravel 4,100 km; improved, unimproved earth 4,400 km
Inland waterways: Rio Lempa partially navigable
Ports: Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El
Triunfo
Merchant marine: none