$12.91 million (2005) country comparison to the world: 216

Imports - commodities:

food, animals, mineral fuels, machinery, manufactured goods

Debt - external:

$NA

Exchange rates:

Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars (AUD) per U 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)

Communications ::Tuvalu

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,500 (2008) country comparison to the world: 226