rist industry.

GDP (purchasing power parity):

$NA

Labor force:

NA

Labor force - by occupation:

note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs
construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism
employs others

Unemployment rate:

60% (2000 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA

Fiscal year:

1 July - 30 June

Agriculture - products:

vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts

Industries:

copra products and tourism

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: NA
hydro: NA
nuclear: NA
other: NA

Exports:

$NA

Exports - commodities:

copra

Exports - partners:

Australia (2006)

Imports:

$NA

Imports - commodities:

foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

Australia (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$NA

Currency (code):

Australian dollar (AUD)

Currency code:

AUD

Exchange rates:

Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285
(2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)

Communications
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Telephones - main lines in use:

287 (1992)

Telephone system:

general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication
system; a local mobile-cellular network is in operation
domestic: NA
international: country code - 61; telephone, telex, and facsimile
communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; satellite
earth station - 1 (Intelsat) (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)

Radios:

300 (1992)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (2007)

Televisions:

NA

Internet country code:

.cc

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Transportation
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 22 km
paved: 10 km
unpaved: 12 km (2006)

Ports and terminals:

Port Refuge

Military
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a
five-person police force

Transnational Issues
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Disputes - international:

none

This page was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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