2007)
Stock of money:
$1.369 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$4.54 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$6.609 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, bananas, coffee, citrus, yams, ackees, vegetables;
poultry, goats, milk; crustaceans, mollusks
Industries:
tourism, bauxite/alumina, agro processing, light manufactures, rum,
cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications
Industrial production growth rate:
1.2% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
7.04 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
6.1 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 96.8%
hydro: 1.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 1.4% (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2005 est.)
Oil - consumption:
73,370 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
1,535 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
71,280 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:
-$1.83 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$2.331 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
alumina, bauxite, sugar, bananas, rum, coffee, yams, beverages,
chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels
Exports - partners:
US 37.2%, Canada 15%, UK 9.7%, Netherlands 9.1% (2007)
Imports:
$5.784 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and
accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment,
construction materials
Imports - partners:
US 37.2%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.5%, Grenada 9.7%, Venezuela 8.3%,
Brazil 4.2% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$35.74 million (2005)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.905 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$9.657 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$12.28 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
Jamaican dollar (JMD)
Currency code:
JMD
Exchange rates:
Jamaican dollars (JMD) per US dollar -
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