bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Exports:
$700,000 (2001)

Exports - commodities:
electronic components, plastic bags, apparel; hot peppers, limes,
live plants; cattle

Exports - partners:
US, Antigua and Barbuda (2004)

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 (2004)

Debt - external:
$8.9 million (1997)

Economic aid - recipient:
Country Policy Plan (2001) is a three-year program for spending
$122.8 million in British budgetary assistance (2002 est.)

Currency (code):
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

Currency code:
XCD

Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7
(2003), 2.7 (2002), note, 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: modern and fully digitalized
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 hosts:
386 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
17 (2000)

Internet users:
NA

Transportation Montserrat

Airports:
2 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006)

Roadways:
total: 227 km
note: volcanic eruptions that began in 1995 destroyed most of the
road system (2003)

Ports and terminals:
Plymouth

Military Montserrat

Military branches:
no regular military forces; Royal Montserrat Police Force (2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,298 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,899 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 84 (2005 est.)

Military - note:
defense is the responsibility of the UK

Transnational Issues Montserrat

Disputes - international:
none

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the
US and Europe

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