are:
lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.2% (2003)
Budget:
revenues: $560
expenditures: NA (2003)
Agriculture - products:
fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle
Industries:
tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling,
construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
1.035 billion kWh (2002)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
962.6 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
66,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Exports:
NA
Exports - commodities:
refined petroleum products
Exports - partners:
US, Puerto Rico
Imports:
NA
Imports - commodities:
crude oil, foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials
Imports - partners:
US, Puerto Rico
Debt - external:
NA
Economic aid - recipient:
NA
Currency (code):
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Communications Virgin Islands
Telephones - main lines in use:
69,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
41,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system with total digital switching,
uses fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
domestic: full range of services available
international: country code - 1-340; 2 submarine cable connections
(Taino Carib, Americas-1); satellite earth stations - NA
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 17, shortwave 0 (2004)
Radios:
107,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
16 (2004)
Televisions:
68,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.vi
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
50 (2000)
Internet users:
30,000 (2002)
Transportation Virgin Islands
Highways:
total: 1,257 km
paved: 1,192 km
unpaved: 65 km
note: the only US possession where driving on the left side of the
road is practiced (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Charlotte Amalie, Limetree Bay
Airports:
2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Virgin Islands
Military - note:
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