Imports - partners:
US 37.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 22.1%, UK 5.5%, Japan 5.2% (2005)

Debt - external:
$668 million (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
$9.1 million (1995)

Currency (code):
Barbadian dollar (BBD)

Currency code:
BBD

Exchange rates:
Barbadian dollars per US dollar - 2 (2005), 2 (2004), 2 (2003), 2
(2002)

Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March

Communications Barbados

Telephones - main lines in use:
134,900 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
206,200 (2005)