Currency: 1 Tunisian dinar (TD) = 1,000 millimes
Exchange rates: Tunisian dinars (TD) per US$1 - 0.9635 (January 1996), 0.9458 (1995), 1.0116 (1994), 1.0037 (1993), 0.8844 (1992), 0.9246 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 2,260 km
standard gauge: 492 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,758 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (1993 est.)
Highways:
total: 29,183 km
paved: 17,510 km (including 52 km of expressways)
unpaved: 11,673 km (1989 est.)
Pipelines: crude oil 797 km; petroleum products 86 km; natural gas
742 km
Ports: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis
Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 125,840 GRT/164,277 DWT
ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 4, chemical tanker 3, oil tanker 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 3, short-sea passenger 1 (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 29
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 3
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 6
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 6
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 6 (1995 est.)