Imports—commodities: plant and equipment, manufactured goods,
food and live animals, fuel
Imports—partners: Australia 42%, Japan 10%, Singapore 9%, NZ 8%,
US 5% (1996)
Debt—external: $145 million (1996 est.)
Economic aid—recipient: $46.4 million (1995)
Currency: 1 Solomon Islands dollar (SI$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Solomon Islands dollars (SI$) per US$1—4.9334 (January 1999), 4.8156 (1998), 3.5664 (1997), 3.4059 (1995), 3.2914 (1994)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Communications
Telephones: 5,000 (1991 est.)
Telephone system: domestic: NA international: satellite earth station—1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)