Debt - external:
$180 million (1994)
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA; note - substantial annual aid from France
Currency:
euro (EUR)
Currency code:
EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 1.06 euros per US dollar - 1.0626 (2002),
1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US
dollar - 5.8995 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Martinique
Telephones - main lines in use:
170,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
15,000 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: domestic facilities are adequate
domestic: NA
international: microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and
Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)