Agriculture: accounts for 27% of GDP; principal crops - potatoes and
vegetables; livestock - sheep; annual fish catch about 360,000 metric
tons
Economic aid:
recipient: receives an annual subsidy from Denmark of about $130
million
Currency: 1 Danish krone (DKr) = 100 oere
Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 6.034 (January 1995), 6.361 (1994), 6.484 (1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396 (1991), 6.189 (1990)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
@Faroe Islands:Transportation
Railroads: 0 km
Highways: total: 200 km paved: NA unpaved: NA
Ports: Klaksvick, Torshavn, Tvoroyri
Merchant marine:
total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,879 GRT/18,444 DWT
ships by type: cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger
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