NA
(1997)

Industries: construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity--production: 960 million kWh (1996)

Electricity--production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1996)

Electricity--consumption: 960 million kWh (1996)

Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996)

Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996)

Agriculture--products: bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and
vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats

Exports: $133 million (f.o.b., 1997)

Exports--commodities: bananas, sugar, rum

Exports--partners: France 75%, Martinique 13% (1994)

Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997)

Imports--commodities: foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and
other consumer goods, construction materials

Imports--partners: France 64%, EU 13%, Martinique 4%, US, Japan
(1994)

Debt--external: $NA

Economic aid--recipient: $NA; note?substantial annual French
subsidies

Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.65 (January 1999),
5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155(1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520
(1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 64,916 (1984 est.)

Telephone system: 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 2, FM 8 (private stations licensed
to broadcast FM 30), shortwave 0

Radios: 100,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 5 (in addition, there are several
low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 150,000 (1993 est.)

Transportation

Railways:
total: NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines

Highways:
total: 2,082 km
paved: 1,742 km
unpaved: 340 km (1985 est.)
note: in 1996 there were a total of 3,200 km of roads

Ports and harbors: Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy),
Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre

Merchant marine: none

Airports: 9 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 5 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: French Forces, Gendarmerie

Military--note: defense is the responsibility of France

Transnational Issues

Disputes--inter