Agriculture - products:
tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit;
Guernsey cattle
Industries:
tourism, banking
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
NA kWh
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: NA
hydro: NA
nuclear: NA
other: NA
Electricity - consumption:
NA kWh
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Exports:
$NA
Exports - commodities:
tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other
vegetables
Exports - partners:
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2004)
Imports:
$NA
Imports - commodities:
coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment
Imports - partners:
UK; note - regarded as internal trade (2004)
Debt - external:
$NA
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA
Currency (code):
British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound
Currency code:
GBP
Exchange rates:
Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.5441 (2006), 0.55 (2005), 0.5462
(2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), note, the Guernsey pound is at
par with the British pound
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Guernsey
Telephones - main lines in use:
55,100 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
43,800 (2004)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: 1 submarine cable
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
NA
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet country code:
.gg
Internet hosts:
1,245 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Internet users:
36,000 (2005)
Transportation Guernsey
Airports:
2 (one on Alderney) (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Roadways:
total: NA
Ports and terminals:
Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson
Military Guernsey
Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK
Transnational Issues Guernsey
Disputes - international:
none
This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007
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@Guinea
Introduction Guinea
Background:
Guinea has had only two presidents since gaining its independence
from France in 1958. Lansana CONTE came to power in 1984 when the
military seized the government
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