note: forest and fishery potential not exploited
Industries:
soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
85 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 193
Electricity - consumption:
79.05 million kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 193
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 181
Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 201
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 200
Oil - imports:
838 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 189
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 186
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 178
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 190
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 65
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 89
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 186
Current account balance:
-$72 million (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 72
Exports:
$94 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 194
Exports - commodities:
bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges
Exports - partners:
Japan 28.62%, UK 19.81%, Antigua and Barbuda 7.7%, Guyana 6.52%,
Jamaica 5.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.2% (2009)
Imports:
$296 million (2006) country comparison to the world: 196
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Japan 31.29%, US 19.73%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.8%, China 11.58% (2009)
Debt - external:
$213 million (2004) country comparison to the world: 174
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)
Communications ::Dominica
Telephones - main lines in use:
17,500 (2009) country comparison to the world: 196
Telephones - mobile cellular:
106,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 184
Telephone system:
general assessment: fully automatic network
domestic: Fixed-line teledensity is roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity approached 150 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 1–767; landing points for the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and the Global Caribbean Network (GCN) submarine cables providing connectivity to other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint Lucia
Broadcast media:
no terrestrial television service available; subscription cable TV provider offers some locally produced programming plus channels from the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean; state-operated radio broadcasts on 6 stations; privately-owned radio broadcasts on about 15 stations (2007)
Internet country code:
.dm
Internet hosts:
718 (2010) country comparison to the world: 174
Internet users:
28,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 182
Transportation ::Dominica
Airports:
2 (2010) country comparison to the world: 208
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
Roadways:
total: 780 km country comparison to the world: 187 paved: 393 km
unpaved: 387 km (2000)
Merchant marine:
total: 40 country comparison to the world: 78 by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo 20, chemical tanker 2, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 37 (Australia 1, Estonia 6, Germany 2, Greece 9, India 2, Latvia 1, Norway 1, Russia 6, Saudi Arabia 3, Singapore 1, Syria 2, Turkey 1, Ukraine 2)
registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010)
Ports and terminals:
Portsmouth, Roseau
Military ::Dominica
Military branches:
no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (includes Coast Guard) (2010)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16–49: 18,975 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16–49: 15,963
females age 16–49: 15,426 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 729
female: 688 (2010 est.)
Military expenditures:
NA
Transnational Issues ::Dominica
Disputes - international:
Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea