Exchange rates: litai per US$1 - 4.000 (January 1996), 4.000 (1995), 3.978 (1994), 4.344 (1993), 1.773 (1992); note - fixed rate since 1 May 1994
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways: total: 2,002 km broad gauge: 2,002 km 1.524-m gauge (122 km electrified) (1994)
Highways:
total: 55,603 km
paved: 42,209 km (including 382 km of expressways)
unpaved: 13,394 km (1994)
Waterways: 600 km perennially navigable
Pipelines: crude oil, 105 km; natural gas 760 km (1992)
Ports: Kaunas, Klaipeda
Merchant marine:
total: 43 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 264,639 GRT/303,649 DWT
ships by type: cargo 26, combination bulk 11, oil tanker 2, railcar
carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1995
est.)
Airports:
total: 96
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 4
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 14
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 63 (1994 est.)