res of $80
million (2002 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish

Industries:
fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut
processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand
mining

Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (1996 est.)

Electricity - production:
117 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
108.8 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
3,200 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Exports:
$90 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Exports - commodities:
fish, clothing

Exports - partners:
US 32.1%, Thailand 17%, Sri Lanka 13.4%, Japan 10.7%, UK 9.8%,
Indonesia 4.5% (2003)

Imports:
$392 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, intermediate and capital goods, petroleum products

Imports - partners:
Singapore 24.8%, Sri Lanka 13.8%, India 10.2%, Malaysia 7.6%, UAE
7.6%, Thailand 5.1% (2003)

Debt - external:
$281 million (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
NA (1995)

Currency:
rufiyaa (MVR)

Currency code:
MVR

Exchange rates:
rufiyaa per US dollar - 12.8 (2003), 12.8 (2002), 12.2421 (2001),
11.77 (2000), 11.77 (1999)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Maldives

Telephones - main lines in use:
28,700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
41,900 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: minimal domestic and international facilities
domestic: interatoll communication through microwave links; all
inhabited islands are connected with telephone and fax service
international: country code - 960; satellite earth station - 3
Intelsat (Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
35,000 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)

Televisions:
10,000 (1999)

Internet country code:
.mv

Internet hosts:
532 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)

Internet users:
15,000 (2002)

Transportation Maldives

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports and harbors:
Gan, Male

Merchant marine:
total: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 54,164 GRT/68,973 DWT
registered in other countries: 2 (2004 est.)
by type: cargo 13, petroleum tanke