130
million (FY04/05)

Agriculture - products:
citrus, vegetables; poultry

Industries:
tourism, banking, cement, oil transshipment, salt, rum, aragonite,
pharmaceuticals, spiral-welded steel pipe

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
1.795 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
1.669 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
27,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
transhipments of 29,000 bbl/day (2003)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Exports:
$469.3 million (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
mineral products and salt, animal products, rum, chemicals, fruit
and vegetables

Exports - partners:
Spain 31.8%, US 30%, Poland 9%, Germany 5.4% (2005)

Imports:
$1.82 billion (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, mineral
fuels; food and live animals

Imports - partners:
US 20.1%, South Korea 18%, Brazil 16.9%, Spain 7%, Italy 5.8%,
Germany 4.8% (2005)

Debt - external:
$342.6 million (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$5 million (2004)

Currency (code):
Bahamian dollar (BSD)

Currency code:
BSD

Exchange rates:
Bahamian dollars per US dollar - 1 (2005), 1 (2004), 1 (2003), 1
(2002)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Bahamas, The

Telephones - main lines in use:
139,900 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
186,000 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern facilities
domestic: totally automatic system; highly developed
international: country code - 1-242; tropospheric scatter and
submarine cable to Florida; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite
earth station - 2 (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2006)

Radios:
215,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (2006)

Televisions:
67,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bs

Internet hosts:
591 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
19 (2000)

Internet users:
93,000 (2005)

Transportation Bahamas, The

Airports:
64 (2006)

Airports - with pav