.6 million, including capital expenditures of $8.4
million (1997 est.)
Agriculture - products:
cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers, livestock
products
Industries:
tourism, rum, textiles, electronic appliances
Industrial production growth rate:
NA
Electricity - production:
2.5 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - consumption:
2.325 million kWh (2001)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2001)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
400 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA (2001)
Oil - imports:
NA (2001)
Exports:
$700,000 (2001)
Exports - commodities:
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel, hot peppers, live
plants, cattle
Exports - partners:
US, Antigua and Barbuda
Imports:
$17 million (2001)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured
goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Imports - partners:
US, UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Canada
Debt - external:
$8.9 million (1997)
Economic aid - recipient:
As of 31 March 2003, UK's DFID had provided about $328 million in
economic relief from volcanic activity, and by 31 March 2006, DFID
aid is expected to total $411 million.
Currency:
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7000 (fixed rate since
1976)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Montserrat
Telephones - main lines in use:
NA
Telephones - mobile cellular:
70 (1994)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 1-664
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
7,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
3,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ms
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
17 (2000)
Internet users:
NA
Transportation Montserrat
Highways:
total: 227 km
paved: NA km
note: volcanic eruptions beginning in 1995 destroyed most of the
road system (2003)
unpaved: NA km
Ports and harbors:
Plymouth (abandoned), Little Bay (anchorages and ferry landing),
Carr's Bay
Merchant marine:
none
Airports:
1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Montserrat
Military bra
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