chemicals and
fertilizers, minerals and fuels
partners: US 36%, Caricom countries 21%, UK 18%, Trinidad and Tobago
13%

External debt: $74.9 million (1993)

Economic aid:
recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.7000
(fixed rate since 1976)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,100 km
paved: 330 km
unpaved: 770 km

Ports: Kingstown

Merchant marine:
total: 611 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,690,104
GRT/9,367,014 DWT
ships by type: bulk 106, cargo 305, chemical tanker 20, combination
bulk 9, combination ore/oil 4, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 4,
livestock carrier 5, oil tanker 58, passenger 1, passenger-cargo 1,
refrigerated cargo 35, roll-on/roll-off cargo 25, short-sea
passenger 2, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 2
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 24
countries among which are Croatia 42, Russia 14, Slovenia 9, China
9, Germany 2, Serbia 2, Hong Kong 2, Latvia 1, Ukraine 1, and Poland
1 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 6
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 4 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 6,189 (1983 est.)

Telephone system:
domestic: islandwide, fully automatic telephone system; VHF/UHF
radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to the other islands of the
Grenadines
international: VHF/UHF radiotelephone from Saint Vincent to
Barbados; new SHF radiotelephone to Grenada and to Saint Lucia;
access to Intelsat earth station in Martinique through Saint Lucia

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios: 76,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 1 cable

Televisions: 20,600 (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force,
Coast Guard

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: NA
males fit for military service: NA

Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP

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Map
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Location: 43 46 N, 12 25 E -- Southern Europe, an enclave in
central Italy

Flag
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Description: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light
blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the
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