Communications (Latvia)
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     Railroads:
         2,400 km (includes NA km electrified) does not include industrial lines
         (1990)
     Highways:
         59,500 km total (1990); 33,000 km hard surfaced 26,500 km earth
     Inland waterways:
         300 km perennially navigable
     Pipelines:
         crude oil NA km, refined products NA km, natural gas NA km
     Ports:
         maritime - Riga, Ventspils, Liepaja; inland - Daugavpils
     Merchant marine:
         96 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 917,979 GRT/1,194,666 DWT; includes 14
         cargo, 29 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 9 roll-on/roll-off, 42 petroleum
         tanker
     Civil air:
         NA major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         NA total, NA usable; NA with permanent-surface runways; NA with runways over
         3,659 m; NA with runways 2,440-3,659 m; NA with runways 1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         broadcast stations - NA; international traffic carried by leased connection
         to the Moscow international gateway switch and the Finnish cellular net