Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - recipient:
$13 million; note - major donors are Australia, Japan, and the US
(1999 est.)
Currency (code):
Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
Currency code:
AUD
Exchange rates:
Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095
(2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Tuvalu
Telephones - main lines in use:
700 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
0 (2004)
Telephone system:
general assessment: serves particular needs for internal
communications
domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands
international: country code - 688; international calls can be made
by satellite