_#_Electricity: 171,500 kW capacity; 441 million kWh produced, 1,290 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism
_#_Agriculture: cash crops—bananas and sugarcane; other products include tropical fruits and vegetables; livestock—cattle, pigs, and goats; not self-sufficient in food
_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-88), $4 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-88), $7.9 billion
_#_Currency: French franc (plural—francs); 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
_#_Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1—5.1307 (January 1991), 5.4453 (1990), 6.3801 (1989), 5.9569 (1988), 6.0107 (1987), 6.9261 (1986), 8.9852 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: calendar year
_*Communications #_Railroads: privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines
_#_Highways: 1,940 km total; 1,600 km paved, 340 km gravel and earth
_#_Ports: Pointe-a-Pitre, Basse-Terre