Communications (Brazil)
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     Railroads:
         28,828 km total; 24,864 km 1.000-meter gauge, 3,877 km 1.600-meter gauge, 74
         km mixed 1.600-1.000-meter gauge, 13 km 0.760-meter gauge; 2,360 km
         electrified
     Highways:
         1,448,000 km total; 48,000 km paved, 1,400,000 km gravel or earth
     Inland waterways:
         50,000 km navigable
     Pipelines:
         crude oil 2,000 km; petroleum products 3,804 km; natural gas 1,095 km
     Ports:
         Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de
         Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos
     Merchant marine:
         245 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,693,500 GRT/9,623,918 DWT; includes
         3 passenger-cargo, 49 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 13 container, 9
         roll-on/roll-off, 57 petroleum tanker, 15 chemical tanker, 11 liquefied gas,
         14 combination ore/oil, 71 bulk, 2 combination bulk; in addition, 2 naval
         tankers and 4 military transport are sometimes used commercially
     Civil air:
         198 major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         3,563 total, 2,911 usable; 420 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with
         runways over 3,659 m; 22 with runways 2,240-3,659 m; 550 with runways
         1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         good system; extensive radio relay facilities; 9.86 million telephones;
         broadcast stations - 1,223 AM, no FM, 112 TV, 151 shortwave; 3 coaxial
         submarine cables, 3 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations and 64 domestic
         satellite earth stations