Imports: $870 million (c.i.f., 1995 est.)
commodities: consumer goods, machinery and equipment, petroleum
products
partners: Central America, US, Venezuela, Japan
External debt: $11.7 billion (1994)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 gold cordoba (C$) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: gold cordobas (C$) per US$1 - 7.98 (December 1995), 6.72 (1994), 5.62 (1993), 5.00 (1992), 4.27 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 0 km
narrow gauge: 0 km 1.067-m gauge; note - part of the previous 376 km
system was closed and dismantled in 1993 and, in 1994, the remainder
was closed, the track and rolling stock being sold for scrap
Highways:
total: 26,000 km
paved: 4,000 km
unpaved: 22,000 km (1993 est.)
note: there is a 368.5 km portion of the Pan-American Highway which
is not included in the total
Waterways: 2,220 km, including 2 large lakes