_#_Industries: light construction, shirts, soap, beer, fisheries, shrimp processing
_#_Agriculture: dominant sector of economy, primary source of exports; cash crops—cocoa (85%), coconuts, palm kernels, coffee; food products—bananas, papaya, beans, poultry, fish; not self-sufficient in food grain and meat
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $8 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-87), $59 million
_#_Currency: dobra (plural—dobras); 1 dobra (Db) = 100 centimos
_#_Exchange rates: dobras (Db) per US$1—122.48 (December 1988), 72.827 (1987), 36.993 (1986), 41.195 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Highways: 300 km (two-thirds are paved); roads on Principe are mostly unpaved and in need of repair
_#_Ports: Sao Tome, Santo Antonio
_#_Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 2 total, 2 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways 1,220-2,439 m