_#_Industries: an important offshore financial center; financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
_#_Agriculture: cereals and vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
_#_Economic aid: NA
_#_Currency: Manx pound (plural—pounds); 1 Manx pound (5M) = 100 pence
_#_Exchange rates: Manx pounds (5M) per US$1—0.5171 (January 1991), 0.5603 (1990), 0.6099 (1989), 0.5614 (1988), 0.6102 (1987), 0.6817 (1986), 0.7714 (1985); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March
_*Communications #_Railroads: 36 km electric track, 24 km steam track
_#_Highways: 640 km motorable roads
_#_Ports: Douglas, Ramsey, Peel
_#_Merchant marine: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,634,471 GRT/2,906,039 DWT; includes 8 cargo, 6 container, 6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 31 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 2 combination ore/oil, 3 liquefied gas, 13 bulk; note—a captive register of the United Kingdom, although not all ships on the register are British-owned