Economic aid - recipient:
$13 million ; note - major donors are Australia, Japan, and the US
(1999 est.)
Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
Currency code:
AUD
Exchange rates:
Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.8406
(2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Tuvalu
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (1994)
Telephone system:
general assessment: serves particular needs for internal
communications
domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands
international: NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1999)