, Trinidad and Tobago 4.6% (2003)

Imports:
$98.2 million f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

Imports - partners:
US 18.5%, China 18%, Trinidad and Tobago 14.6%, Japan 6.3%, South
Korea 5.4%, UK 5.4% (2003)

Debt - external:
$161.5 million (2001)

Economic aid - recipient:
$22.8 million (2003 est.)

Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Currency code:
XCD

Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002), 2.7
(2001), 2.7 (2000), 2.7 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Dominica

Telephones - main lines in use:
23,700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9,400 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: fully automatic network
international: country code - 1-767; microwave radio relay and SHF
radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF
radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:
46,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (2004)

Televisions:
6,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.dm

Internet hosts:
681 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
16 (2000)

Internet users:
12,500 (2002)

Transportation Dominica

Highways:
total: 780 km
paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (1999 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Portsmouth, Roseau

Merchant marine:
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 13,771 GRT/19,736 DWT
by type: cargo 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: Bahamas 1, Cyprus 1, Estonia 1, Greece 1, Panama 1,
Singapore 1 (2004 est.)

Airports:
2 (2003 est.)

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

Military Dominica

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force
(including Coast Guard)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA

Transnational Issues Dominica

Disputes - international:
joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves
Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which
permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large
portion of the Caribbean Sea

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe;
minor cannabis producer; anti-money-launder