Exchange rates: baht (B) per US$1 - 25.300 (January 1996), 25.000 (1995 est.), 25.150 (1994), 25.319 (1993), 25.400 (1992), 25.517 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September
Transportation ———————
Railways: total: 4,623 km narrow gauge: 4,623 km 1.000-m gauge (99 km double track)
Highways:
total: 54,388 km
paved: 48,786 km (including 171 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,602 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: 3,999 km principal waterways; 3,701 km with navigable depths of 0.9 m or more throughout the year; numerous minor waterways navigable by shallow-draft native craft
Pipelines: petroleum products 67 km; natural gas 350 km
Ports: Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Pattani, Phuket, Sattahip, Si Racha,
Songkhla
Merchant marine:
total: 259 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,559,037
GRT/2,498,812 DWT
ships by type: bulk 32, cargo 143, chemical tanker 3, container 11,
liquefied gas tanker 12, oil tanker 45, passenger 1, refrigerated
cargo 7, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2, short-sea passenger 1,
specialized tanker 2 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 98
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 6
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 9
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 12
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 22
with paved runways under 914 m: 36
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 12 (1995 est.)