production:
NA
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: NA
hydro: NA
nuclear: NA
other: NA
Electricity - consumption:
42.6 million kWh
Exports:
$2.6 million (1999)
Exports - commodities:
lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, rum
Exports - partners:
UK, US, Puerto Rico, Saint-Martin (2000)
Imports:
$80.9 million (1999)
Imports - commodities:
fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, textiles
Imports - partners:
US, Puerto Rico, UK (2000)
Debt - external:
$8.8 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:
$9 million (2004 est.)
Currency (code):
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7
(2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)
note: fixed rate since 1976
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Anguilla
Telephones - main lines in use:
6,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: modern internal telephone system
international: country code - 1-264; microwave radio relay to island
of Saint Martin (Guadeloupe and Netherlands Antilles)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 7, shortwave 0 (2004)
Radios:
3,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
1,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ai
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
16 (2000)
Internet users:
3,000 (2002)
Transportation Anguilla
Highways:
total: 105 km
paved: 65 km
unpaved: 40 km (1997)
Ports and harbors:
Blowing Point, Road Bay
Airports:
3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Anguilla
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Transnational Issues Anguilla
Disputes - international:
none
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the
US and Europe
This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005
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@Antarctica
Introduction Antarctica
Background:
Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not
confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial
operators and British and Russi
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