production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
1.166 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 55.5%
hydro: 44.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
1.084 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
18,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Exports:
$214 million f.o.b. (1997)
Exports - commodities:
sugar 63%, rum and molasses 4%, perfume essences 2%, lobster 3%,
(1993)
Exports - partners:
France 74%, Japan 6%, Comoros 4% (2000)
Imports:
$2.5 billion c.i.f. (1997)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, food, beverages, tobacco, machinery and
transportation equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products
Imports - partners:
France 64%, Bahrain 3%, Germany 3%, Italy 3% (2000)
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - recipient:
NA; note - substantial annual subsidies from France (2001 est.)
Currency (code):
euro (EUR)
Currency code:
EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002),
1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Reunion
Telephones - main lines in use:
300,000 est (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
489,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate system; principal center is Saint-Denis
domestic: modern open-wire and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 262; radiotelephone communication to
Comoros, France, Madagascar; new microwave route to Mauritius;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); fiber optic
submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC/SAFE) provides connectivity to Europe
and Asia
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 55, shortwave 0 (2001)
Radios:
173,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 18 low-power repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
127,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.re
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
150,000 (2002)
Transportation Reunion
Highways:
total: 1,214 km (including 88 km of four-lane roads) (2001)
Ports and harbors:
Le Port
Merchant marine:
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 28,264 GRT/44,885 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (France 1)
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