ighest 10%: NA%

Budget:

revenues: $72.07 million
expenditures: $72.43 million (FY04/05 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

2.7% (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:

coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; fish

Industries:

tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction,
garment making

Industrial production growth rate:

NA%

Electricity - production by source:

NA

Current account balance:

$15.09 million (FY03/04)

Exports:

$5.882 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:

shellfish, tuna, copra, garments

Exports - partners:

US, Japan, Singapore (2006)

Imports:

$107.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs

Imports - partners:

US, Singapore, Japan, South Korea (2006)

Economic aid - recipient:

$23.46 million (2005)

Debt - external:

$0 (FY99/00)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

US dollar (USD)

Currency code:

USD

Exchange rates:

the US dollar is used

Communications
Palau

Telephones - main lines in use:

6,700 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1,000 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)

Radios:

12,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (cable) (2005)

Televisions:

11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.pw

Internet hosts:

0 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2002)

Transportation
Palau

Airports:

3 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

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

Airports - with unpaved runways:

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

Roadways:

note: estimated to have 60 km of roads as of 1996

Ports and terminals:

Koror

Military
Palau

Military branches:

no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 5,973 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 4,397 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 179
female: 165 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

NA

Military