Agriculture: citrus and other fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef,
poultry, dairy products
Illicit drugs: increasingly concerned about cocaine and heroin abuse
and trafficking
Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-90), $18.2 billion;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $2.8 billion
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot
Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 3.070 (December 1994), 3.0111 (1994), 2.8301 (1993), 2.4591 (1992), 2.2791 (1991), 2.0162 (1990), 1.9164 (1989)
Fiscal year: calendar year (since 1 January 1992)
@Israel:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 520 km (diesel operated; single track)
standard gauge: 520 km 1.435-m gauge
Highways:
total: 13,461 km
paved: 13,461 km
Pipelines: crude oil 708 km; petroleum products 290 km; natural gas 89
km