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December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $269.1 million (31 December 2007)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $193.1 million (31 December 2007)

      Agriculture - products:

      bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited

      Industries:

      soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes

      Industrial production growth rate:

      −10% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production:

      90 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - consumption:

      83.7 million kWh (2006 est.)

      Electricity - exports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - imports:

      0 kWh (2007 est.)

      Electricity - production by source:

      fossil fuel: 47.1% hydro: 52.9% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

      Oil - production:

      0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

      850.5 bbl/day (2006 est.)

      Oil - exports:

      0 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - imports:

      669.6 bbl/day (2005)

      Oil - proved reserves:

      0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

      Natural gas - production:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:

      0 cu m (2007 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

      Current account balance:

      -$72 million (2007 est.)

      Exports:

      $94 million f.o.b. (2006)

      Exports - commodities:

      bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges

      Exports - partners:

      China 24.4%, Jamaica 10.3%, Antigua and Barbuda 10.1%, Guyana 8.5%,

       UK 8.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 5.5%, Saint Lucia 4.6%, Saint Kitts &

       Nevis 4% (2007)

      Imports:

      $296 million f.o.b. (2006)

      Imports - commodities:

      manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

      US 24.1%, China 21.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 13.2%, Japan 11.1% (2007)

      Economic aid - recipient:

      $15.17 million (2005 est.)

      Debt - external:

      $213 million (2004)

      Currency (code):

      East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

      Currency code:

      XCD

      Exchange rates:

      East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)

      Communications

       Dominica

      Telephones - main lines in use:

      21,000 (2004)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

      41,800 (2004)

      Telephone system:

      general assessment: NA domestic: fully automatic network international: country code - 1–767; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia

      Radio broadcast stations:

      AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2003)

      Radios:

      46,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

      1 (2004)

      Televisions:

      6,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

      .dm

      Internet hosts:

      29 (2008)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

      16 (2000)

      Internet users:

      26,500 (2006)

      Transportation

       Dominica

      Airports:

      2 (2007)

      Airports - with paved runways:

      total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007)

      Roadways:

      total: 780 km paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (2000)

      Merchant marine:

      total: 53 by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 27, chemical tanker 3, petroleum tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 47 (Australia 2, Estonia 7, Greece 10, India 2, Latvia 1, Norway 1, Russia 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 7, Syria 2, Turkey 5, Ukraine 4, UAE 1) (2008)

      Ports and terminals:

      Portsmouth, Roseau

      Military

       Dominica

      Military branches:

      no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2008)

      Manpower available for military service:

      males age 16–49: 18,584 (2008 est.)

      Manpower fit for military service:

      males age 16–49: 15,648 (2008 est.)

      Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

      male: 756 female: 713 (2008 est.)

      Military expenditures:

      NA (2006)

      Transnational Issues

       Dominica

      Disputes - international:

      Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern

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