_#_Exchange rates: Tuvaluan dollars ($T) or Australian dollars ($A) per US$1—1.2834 (January 1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989), 1.2752 (1988), 1.4267 (1987), 1.4905 (1986), 1.4269 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: NA

_*Communications #_Highways: 8 km gravel

_#_Ports: Funafuti, Nukufetau

_#_Merchant marine: 1 passenger-cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,043 GRT/450 DWT

_#_Civil air: no major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: stations—1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radios; 108 telephones

_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Police Force

_#_Manpower availability: NA