Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2002)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - consumption:
3,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)
Oil - exports:
NA
Oil - imports:
NA
Exports:
$689 million (2002)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, machinery and transport
equipment 17%, food and live animals 4%, other 8%
Exports - partners:
Poland 47.8%, UK 24.6%, Germany 8.7% (2004)
Imports:
$692 million (2002 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment,
manufactures, chemicals, oil
Imports - partners:
China 19.5%, US 18.7%, Singapore 14.8%, Poland 8.5%, Trinidad and
Tobago 4.7% (2004)
Debt - external:
$231 million (1999)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.3 million (1995)
Currency (code):
East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
Currency code:
XCD
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7
(2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7 (2000)
note: fixed rate since 1976
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Antigua and Barbuda
Telephones - main lines in use:
38,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
38,200 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: good automatic telephone system
international: country code - 1–268; 1 coaxial submarine cable;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric
scatter to Saba (Netherlands Antilles) and Guadeloupe
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
36,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
2 (1997)
Televisions:
31,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ag
Internet hosts:
1,665 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
16 (2000)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Transportation Antigua and Barbuda
Highways:
total: 250 km (1999 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Saint John's
Merchant marine:
total: 980 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,873,626 GRT/7,683,143 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 33, cargo 630, chemical tanker 9, container
272, liquefied gas 9, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 8, roll
on/roll off 17, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 923 (Australia 2, Bangladesh 4, Belgium 4, Colombia
2, Denmark 8, Estonia 2, Germany 849, Iceland 5, Latvia 5, Lebanon
2, Lithuania 1, Netherlands 11, Norway 3, Philippines 1, Russia 1,
Slovenia 5, Sweden 1, Switzerland 5, Turkey 4, United Kingdom 1,
United States 7) (2005)
Airports:
3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Military Antigua and Barbuda
Military branches:
Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force: Infantry, Coast Guard
(2004)
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscript military service (2001)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
NA
Transnational Issues Antigua and Barbuda
Disputes - international:
