Imports - partners:
US 38.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 13.2%, France 5.6%, Japan 4.7% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$5.964 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$16 million (2003)
Currency (code):
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Currency code:
JMD
Exchange rates:
Jamaican dollars per US dollar - 61.197 (2004), 57.741 (2003),
48.416 (2002), 45.996 (2001), 42.986 (2000)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Jamaica
Telephones - main lines in use:
444,400 (2002)