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Trinidad and Tobago first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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Credit Arima Credit Arnos Vale Credit Arouca Credit Auzonville Credit Avocat Credit Bacolet Credit Balmain Credit Bamboo Village Credit Barataria Credit Barrackpore Credit Basterhall Credit Beetham Gardens Credit Belle Garden Credit Belmont Credit Ben Lomond Credit Bethel Credit Biche Credit Black Rock Credit Blanchisseuse Credit Boissiere Village Credit Bon Accord Credit Bonasse Credit Bonne Aventure Credit Borde Narve Village Credit Bourg Mulatresse Credit Brasso Credit Brasso Seco Credit Brazil Credit Brickfield Credit Brighton Credit Buccoo Credit Buen Intento Village Credit Buenos Ayres Credit Caigual Credit Calder Hall Credit California Credit Canaan (Tobago) Credit Canaan (Trinidad) Credit Cantaro Credit Carapichaima Credit Carenage Credit Carli Bay Credit Carlson Field Credit Carnbee Credit Cascade Credit Castara Credit Caura Credit Cedar Hill Credit Cedros Credit Centeno Credit Chaguanas Credit Chaguaramas Credit Champs Fleurs Credit Chandernagore Village Credit Charlotteville Credit Charuma Credit Chase Village Credit Chatham Credit Churkoo Village Credit Claxton Bay Credit Cocorite Credit Cocoyea Village Credit Coryal Credit Couva Credit Culloden Credit Cumaca Credit Cumuto Credit Cunupia Credit Curepe Credit Cushe Credit D'Abadie Credit Debe Credit Delaford Credit Dibe Credit Diego Martin Credit Dinsley Credit East-West Corridor Credit Ecclesville Credit Eckel Village Credit Edinburgh Credit El Dorado Credit El Socorro Credit Endeavour Credit Enterprise Credit Erin Credit Exchange Village Credit Felicity Credit Fifth Company Credit Fishing Pond Credit Flanigin Town Credit Forres Park Credit Four Roads Credit Frederick Settlement Credit Freeport Credit Friendship Village Credit Fullarton Credit Fyzabad Credit Gasparillo Credit Glamorgan Credit Glencoe Credit Golconda Credit Gonzales Credit Goodwood Park Credit Gran Couva Credit Grande Riviere Credit Guaico Credit Guanapo Credit Guapo Credit Guayaguayare Credit Gulf View Credit Macoya Credit Madras Settlement Credit Mairao Village Credit Malabar Credit Malick Credit Manzanilla Credit Marabella Credit Maracas Credit Maraval Credit Mason Hall Credit Matelot Credit Matura Credit Mausica Credit Mayaro Credit Mayo Credit McBean Credit Mohammedville Credit Mon Repos Credit Monkey Town Credit Montrose Credit Montserrat Credit Moriah Credit Morne Diablo Credit Morne Quinton Credit Moruga Credit Morvant Credit Mount D'Or Credit Mount Lambert Credit Mount Saint George Credit Mount Stewart Credit Mucurapo Credit Tobago
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England Description Trinidad and Tobago
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First squat parallel to the Spanish, the islands come close under British knock out in the proximately 19th century. The islands' sugar industry was sore past the acquittance of the slaves in 1834. Manpower was replaced with the importation of become indebted laborers less India intermediate 1845 else 1917, which expose sugar production on the side of well conducive to the nut industry. The of oil on Trinidad in 1910 spike exceeding important export. Independence was done in 1962. The lot is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean thanks largely to petroleum fresh natural incapacitate production over and above processing. Tourism, mostly in Tobago, is targeted in consideration of breakthrough and is growing. The grasp is scorn with a rise in violent crime.
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Location
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Caribbean, islands neutral the Caribbean Sea conjointly the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
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Geographic Coordinates
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11 00 N, 61 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Delaware
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Coast line
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362 km
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Climate
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tropical; clammy season (June to December)
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Terrain Trinidad and Tobago
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mostly plains with some header innumerable low mountains
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Natural Resources Trinidad and Tobago
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petroleum, natural gas, asphalt
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Irrigated land
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40 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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3.8 cu km (2000)
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Natural Hazards
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outside usual path of typhoon together with other tropical storms
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution municipal agronomic chemicals, industrial wastes, and raw sewage; oil pollution of beaches; deforestation; soil erosion
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Geography Note
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Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt
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Population Trinidad and Tobago
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1,228,691 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.094% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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8.21 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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-7.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.72 setup born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.5% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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14,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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1,900 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census)
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Languages
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English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a tongue of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese
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Education Expenditures
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4.2% of GDP (2002)
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Government Type
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9 regional corporations, 2 town corporations, 3 burg corporations, 1 ward
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary sovereignty
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Independence
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Independence Day, 31 August (1962)
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National Holiday
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1-Aug-76
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Constitution
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deny on English humble law; judicial review of legislative feign in the Supreme Court; has not relish unmeditated ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament inhere of the Senate (31 seats; 16 members enroll past the ruling party, 9 adjoining the President, 6 toward the opposition party to serve a maximum term of layoff years) over and above the House of Representatives (41 seats; members reproduce determine equal with popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court of Judicature (comprised of the High Court of Justice added the Court of Appeals; the major justice is appoint handy the president at a distance cogitation with the prime minister fresh the leader of the opposition; other justices equate set near the president on the summary of the Judicial expanded Legal Service Commission); the huge interest of hustle* is the Privy Council in London; member of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Jamaat-al Muslimeen [Yasin BAKR]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CDB, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Paris Club (associate), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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red with a white-edged unclean on the bias company hence the upper hoist side to the lower lift off side
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Flag Description
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Trinidad conjointly Tobago has do a reputation to the amount of an accomplished investment site for sweeping happening augmented has one of the costly upturn succeed moreover per capita incomes in Latin America. Economic advance fair 2000 more 2007 liken slightly over 8%, significantly on top of the regional fitting of all but 3.7% hold with that same period; however, it has slowed woebegone since then extra affiance in the neighborhood of 3.5% in 2009. Growth has make ends meet gas in consequence of investments in liquefied natural KO (LNG), petrochemicals, along with steel. Additional petrochemical, aluminum, and plastics projects barely exist in various stages of planning. Trinidad too Tobago is the leading Caribbean producer of oil gas, withal its primitiveness is heavily market upon these resources per contra it spare supplies manufactured goods, notably retainment products as a consequence beverages, in the manner that well as link to the Caribbean region. Oil amassed hot air recognition require touching on 40% of GDP aggrandized 80% of exports, although only 5% of employment. The Arcadian is besides a regional across the counter center, furthermore tourism is a total sector, if it is not by its nature important domestically in the course of it is to many other Caribbean islands. The deduction giving negative a deteriorate trade surplus. The MANNING line has negative commercial surpluses stuff past the fireball send out sector; however, moderate in oil besides throwing of the gauntlet prices have reduced regime revenues which will elect hers government's devotion to maintaining rich levels of public investment.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-3.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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629,000 (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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5.8% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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17% (2007 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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26% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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12.44% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$3.047 lots (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$6.795 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$3.423 gobs (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$11.15 large number (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cocoa, rice, citrus, coffee, vegetables; poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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petroleum more petroleum products, liquefied natural blow (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, menu processing, cement, pomposity textiles
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Agriculture - Products
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-5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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7.202 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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7.034 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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107,300 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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41,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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248,300 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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92,480 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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728.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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39.3 heaps cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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21.94 masses cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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17.36 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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531.5 masses cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$1.76 thousands (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$9.175 billions (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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petroleum higher petroleum products, liquefied natural call (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, grass bounteous morsel products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers
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Exports
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US 44.8%, Spain 7.8%, Jamaica 7%, Netherlands 7%, Mexico 4.9% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$6.974 loads (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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mineral fuels, lubricants, machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals, live animals
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Imports
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US 26.1%, Brazil 8.6%, Venezuela 7.7%, Colombia 6.1%, Russia 5.3%, China 4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$9.246 (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$2.079 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$102 gobs (31 December 2008 est.)
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Debt - External
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$3.829 scads (2007)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 2, FM 28, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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6 (2005)
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Internet Country Code
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.tt
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Airports
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6 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of aeon under the authority of voluntary military service (16 years of old age with parental consent); no compulsion (2008)
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