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Exports: $13.74 million (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: fish and fish products, fox and mink pelts partners: US 58%, France 17%, UK 11%, Canada, Portugal (1990)

Imports: $42 million (c.i.f., 1994) commodities: meat, clothing, fuel, electrical equipment, machinery, building materials partners: Canada, France, US, Netherlands, UK

External debt: $NA

Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA

Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes

Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.0056 (January 1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.520 (1994), 5.6632 (1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation --------------

Railways: 0 km

Highways: total: 120 km paved: 60 km unpaved: 60 km (1985 est.)

Ports: Saint Pierre

Merchant marine: none

Airports: total: 2 with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 note: new airport to open June 1996 (1995 est.)

Communications --------------

Telephones: 3,300 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: domestic: NA international: radiotelephone communication with most countries in the world; 1 earth station in French domestic satellite system

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 6,300 (1990 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 0

Televisions: 2,000 (1992 est.)

Defense -------

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of France

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@Saint Vincent and the Grenadines --------------------------------

Map ---

Location: 13 15 N, 61 12 W -- Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago

Flag ----

Description: three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), gold (double width), and green; the gold band bears three green diamonds arranged in a V pattern