Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral fuels; food and live animals (1999)
Imports - partners: US 31.6%, South Korea 18.2%, Italy 17.4%, Japan 5.8% (2000)
Debt - external: $381.9 million (2000)
Economic aid - recipient: $9.8 million (1995)
Currency: Bahamian dollar (BSD)
Currency code: BSD
Exchange rates: Bahamian dollars per US dollar - 1.000 (fixed rate pegged to the dollar)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Communications Bahamas, The
Telephones - main lines in use: 96,000 (1997)