Imports - partners:
US 24.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 15.5%, Netherlands 14.5%, Venezuela
5.6%, UK 5.6%, France 4.7% (2005)
Debt - external:
$257 million (2004)
Economic aid - recipient:
$-21.5 million (2004)
Currency (code):
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7
(2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Saint Lucia
Telephones - main lines in use:
51,100 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
93,000 (2004)