External debt: $2 billion (1994)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $10 million (1993)
Currency: 1 Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TT$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TT$) per US$1 - 5.9412 (January 1996), 5.9192 (1995), 5.9249 (1994), 5.3511 (1993), 4.2500 (fixed rate 1989-1992); note - effective 13 April 1993, the exchange rate of the TT$ is market-determined as opposed to the prior fixed relationship to the US dollar
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
note: minimal agricultural railroad system near San Fernando;
railway service was discontinued in 1968
Highways: total: 8,352 km paved: 3,978 km unpaved: 4,374 km (1987 est.)
Pipelines: crude oil 1,032 km; petroleum products 19 km; natural
gas 904 km
Ports: Pointe-a-Pierre, Point Fortin, Point Lisas, Port-of-Spain,
Scarborough, Tembladora