on:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1,250 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA

Oil - imports:
NA

Exports:
$74 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, cocoa

Exports - partners:
China 27.8%, South Korea 17.1%, Thailand 15.7%, Japan 9.7%,
Philippines 4.8% (2004)

Imports:
$67 million f.o.b. (2003)

Imports - commodities:
food, plant and equipment, manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals

Imports - partners:
Australia 24.6%, Singapore 23.1%, New Zealand 7.7%, Fiji 4.8%,
Papua New Guinea 4.7% (2004)

Debt - external:
$180.4 million (2002)

Economic aid - recipient:
$28 million annually, mainly from Australia (2003 est.)

Currency (code):
Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)

Currency code:
SBD

Exchange rates:
Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - 7.4847 (2004), 7.5059
(2003), 6.7488 (2002), 5.278 (2001), 5.0889 (2000)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Solomon Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:
6,600 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 677; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (2004)

Radios:
57,000 (1997)

Televisions:
3,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.sb

Internet hosts:
398 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
2,200 (2002)

Transportation Solomon Islands

Highways:
total: 1,360 km
paved: 34 km
unpaved: 1,326 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Honiara, Malloco Bay, Shortland Harbor, Viru Harbor, Yandina

Airports:
33 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.)

Military Solomon Islands

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Transnational Issues Solomon Islands

Disputes - international:
Australian Defense Force leads the Regional Assistance Mission to
the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) at the invitation of the Solomon
Islands' Government to maintain civil and political order and