. Imports: $2 billion (c.i.f., 1997): petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods. Major trading partners: France, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, U.S. (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 172,000 ...
(c.i.f., 1997): petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods.Major trading partners:France, Guadeloupe, Venezuela, Germany, Italy, U.S. (2004).Communications: Telephones:main lines in use: 172,000 est. (2001); mobile cellular...
in the easternCaribbean Sea. It is included in theLesser Antillesisland chain. Its nearest neighbours are the island republics ofDominica, 22 miles (35 km) to the northwest, andSaint Lucia, 16 miles (26 km) to the south.Guadeloupe, another part of overseas France, lies about 75 miles (12...
When the 1763 Treaty of Paris was in the works, the French chose to keep Martinique and Guadeloupe over Canada because of Martinique’s profitable sugar trade. People escaped via Martinique During World War II, people fled from the Nazis by sailing from Marseilles to Martinique, a French colony...