Exchange rates: Cuban pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000 (non-convertible, official rate, linked to the US dollar)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 4,677 km
standard gauge: 4,677 km 1.435-m gauge (132 km electrified)
note: a large amount of track is in private use by sugar plantations
Highways:
total: 26,500 km
paved: 14,575 km
unpaved: 11,925 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 240 km
Ports: Cienfuegos, La Habana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas,
Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba
Merchant marine:
total: 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 220,870 GRT/310,169 DWT
ships by type: cargo 17, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 4,
oil tanker 9, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9
note: Cuba owns an additional 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
462,517 DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Cyprus, Malta,
Belize, and Mauritius (1995 est.)
Airports:
total: 156
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 7
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 14
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 9
with paved runways under 914 m: 87
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 31 (1995 est.)
Communications ———————