Imports - partners:
Portugal 40.9%, Italy 7.8%, Netherlands 7.2%, Spain 5.5%, Brazil
5.3%, France 4.7%, Belgium 4.6% (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$166.4 million (2006 est.)
Debt - external:
$325 million (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
$136 million (1999)
Currency (code):
Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)
Currency code:
CVE
Exchange rates:
Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 86.2664 (2006), 88.67
(2005), 88.808 (2004), 97.703 (2003), 117.168 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Cape Verde
Telephones - main lines in use:
71,400 (2005)