Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA
Currency: 1 zaire (Z) = 100 makuta
Exchange rates: new zaires (Z) per US$1 - 10,618 (October 1995),
1,194 (1994), 3 (1993); zaire (Z) per US$1 - 645,549 (1992), 15,587
(1991)
note: on 22 October 1993 the new zaire, equal to 3,000,000 old
zaires, was introduced
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 5,138 km (1995); note - severely reduced trackage in use
because of civil strife
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km
1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge
Highways: total: 145,000 km paved: 290 km unpaved: 144,710 km (1991 est.)
Waterways: 15,000 km including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes
Pipelines: petroleum products 390 km
Ports: Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu,
Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka