Currency: 1 sucre (S/) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: sucres (S/) per US$1 - 2914.8 (31 December 1995), 2,564.5 (1995), 2,196.7 (1994), 1,919.1 (1993), 1,534.0 (1992), 1,046.25 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 965 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge
Highways: total: 43,709 km paved: 5,245 km unpaved: 38,464 km (1991 est.)
Waterways: 1,500 km
Pipelines: crude oil 800 km; petroleum products 1,358 km
Ports: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar,
San Lorenzo
Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 114,701 GRT/171,240 DWT
ships by type: container 2, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 12,
passenger 3, refrigerated cargo 1 (1995 est.)