Imports - partners:
US 39.8%, Trinidad and Tobago 9.7%, Germany 5.6%, Venezuela 4.5%,
France 4.5%, Japan 4.2% (2003)
Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.195 billion (2003)
Debt - external:
$4.962 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$16 million (2003)
Currency:
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Currency code:
JMD
Exchange rates:
Jamaican dollars per US dollar - 57.7409 (2003), 48.4159 (2002),
45.9962 (2001), 42.7011 (2000), 39.0435 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Jamaica
Telephones - main lines in use:
444,400 (2002)