Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $363 million (1993)
Currency: 1 nuevo sol (S/.) = 100 centimos
Exchange rates: nuevo sol (S/.) per US$1 - 2.350 (January 1996), 2.253 (1995), 2.195 (1994), 1.988 (1993), 1.246 (1992), 0.773 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 2,041 km
standard gauge: 1,726 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 315 km 0.914-m gauge (1994)
Highways:
total: 69,942 km
paved: 13,538 km
unpaved: 56,404 km (1987 est.)
Waterways: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and
208 km of Lago Titicaca
Pipelines: crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids
64 km
Ports: Callao, Chimbote, Ilo, Matarani, Paita, Puerto Maldonado,
Salaverry, San Martin, Talara, Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are all on the upper reaches
of the Amazon and its tributaries