Imports—commodities: machinery and transport equipment,
manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco
Imports—partners: Italy 20%, France 16%, UK 15%, Germany 10%, US
8% (1997)
Debt—external: $130 million (1997)
Economic aid—recipient: $NA
Currency: 1 Maltese lira (LM) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Maltese liri (LM) per US$1—0.3797 (January 1999), 0.3884 (1998), 0.3857 (1997), 0.3604 (1996), 0.3529 (1995), 0.3776 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March
Communications
Telephones: 191,876 (1992 est.)
Telephone system: automatic system satisfies normal requirements domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands international: 2 submarine cables; satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)