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tures of $105 million (1996) Industries: construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - production: 1.39 billion kWh (2000) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% other: 0% (2000) nuclear: 0% Electricity - consumption: 1.293 billion kWh (2000) Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000) Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000) Agriculture - products: bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats Exports: $140 million (f.o.b., 1997) Exports - commodities: bananas, sugar, rum Exports - partners: France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997) Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997) Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials Imports - partners: France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2% (1997) Debt - external: $NA Economic aid - recipient: $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies Currency: euro (EUR); French franc (FRF) Currency code: EUR; FRF Exchange rates: Euros per US dollar - 1.1324 (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Guadeloupe Telephones - main lines in use: 171,000 (1996) Telephones - mobile cellular: NA Telephone system: general assessment: domestic facilities inadequate domestic: NA international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998) Radios: 113,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) Televisions: 118,000 (1997) Internet country code: .gp Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000) Internet users: 4,000 (2000) Transportation Guadeloupe Railways: total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines Highways: total: 2,560 km paved: 965 km unpaved: 1,595 km (1996) Waterways: none Ports and harbors: Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre Merchant marine: total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240 GRT/109 DWT ships by type: passenger 1 note: includes a foreign-owned ship registered here as a flag of convenience: France 1 (2002 est.) Airports: 9 (2001) Airports - with
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