Imports—partners: South Africa 12.0%, France 11.1%, India 8.9%,
UK 6.5%, Germany 4.7%, (1996)
Debt—external: $1.2 billion (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $5.2 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Mauritian rupee (MauR) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Mauritian rupees (MauRs) per US$1—24.099 (January 1999), 22.803 (1998), 20.561 (1997), 17.948 (1996), 17.386 (1995), 17.960 (1994)
Fiscal year: 1 July—30 June
Communications
Telephones: 107,000 (1993)
Telephone system: small system with good service domestic: primarily microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); new microwave link to Reunion; HF radiotelephone links to several countries
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0