Imports—commodities: machines and manufactures 50%, food and beverages 39%, petroleum products 2%, chemicals 5%, fats and oils 4%
Imports—partners: US 60%, EU 12% (1997)
Debt—external: $1 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $730.6 million (1995)
Currency: 1 gourde (G) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: gourdes (G) per US$1—16.778 (January 1999), 16.205 (1998), 17.311 (1997), 15.093 (1996), 16.160 (1995), 12.947 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 October—30 September
Communications
Telephones: 50,000 (1990 est.)
Telephone system: domestic facilities barely adequate;
international facilities slightly better
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)