Imports - partners:
France 25.6%, Italy 19.5%, Germany 8.9%, Spain 5% (2002)
Debt - external:
$13.6 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$222.7 million (2000)
Currency:
Tunisian dinar (TND)
Currency code:
TND
Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars per US dollar - 1.42 (2002), 1.44 (2001), 1.37
(2000), 1.19 (1999), 1.14 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Tunisia
Telephones - main lines in use:
654,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
50,000 (1998)