Imports—commodities: raw materials, foodstuffs, capital goods,
fuels, lubricants
Imports—partners: China 29%, Hong Kong 25%, EU 12.4%, Japan 9%
(1997)
Debt—external: $0 (1996)
Economic aid—recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 pataca (P) = 100 avos
Exchange rates: patacas (P) per US$1—7.74 (1998), 7.99 (1997), 7.962 (1996), 8.034 (1993-95), 7.973 (1992); note—linked to the Hong Kong dollar at the rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 200,000 (1997 est.)
Telephone system: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: HF radiotelephone communication facility; access to
international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and
China; satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)