Trade
Anguilla's current account balance is -$42.87 million (2003 est.). As of 2006, its exports were valued at $13 million (2006). It exports lobster, fish, livestock, salt, concrete blocks, and rum to the UK, USA, Puerto Rico, and Saint Martin. Its exports were valued at $143 million. It imports fuels, foodstuffs, manufactures, chemicals, trucks, and textiles from the US, Puerto Rico, and UK.
External debt was $8.8 million as of 2008. Anguilla received approximately $9 million in annual economic aid as of 2004.
Anguilla's currency is the East Caribbean dollar (XCD). The exchange rate has been fixed since 1976 at 2.7 East Caribbean dollars per US dollar.
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