Imports: $7.3 billion (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: consumer goods, machinery and transport equipment,
petroleum products
partners: Italy 14%, France 9%, US 8%, Turkey 5%, Saudi Arabia 3%
External debt: $1.2 billion (July 1995)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 Lebanese pound (LL) = 100 piasters
Exchange rates: Lebanese pounds (LL) per US$1 - 1,584.0 (March 1996), 1,621.4 (1995), 1,680.1 (1994), 1,741.4 (1993), 1,712.8 (1992), 928.2 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Railways: total: 222 km standard gauge: 222 km 1.435-m (from Beirut to the Syrian border)
Highways: total: 7,370 km paved: 6,265 km unpaved: 1,105 km (1990 est.)
Pipelines: crude oil 72 km (none in operation)