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       Majesty's Procureur (Attorney General), Her Majesty's Comptroller

       (Solicitor General) and Her Majesty's Greffier (Court Recorder and

       Registrar General); note - Alderney and Sark have their own

       parliaments

       elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004)

       election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents

      Judicial branch:

       Royal Court

      Political parties and leaders:

       none; all independents

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       none

      International organization participation:

       none

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       none (British crown dependency)

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

       none (British crown dependency)

      Flag description:

       white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England)

       extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of

       William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross

      Economy Guernsey

      Economy - overview:

       Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. -

       account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island

       economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes

       and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties

       make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration

       of the EU nations is changing the rules of the game under which

       Guernsey operates.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (1999 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       5.7% (1999 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $20,000 (1999 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)

      Population below poverty line:

       NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       3.99% (2000 est.)

      Labor force:

       31,322 (2000)

      Unemployment rate:

       0.5% (1999 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $381.3 million

       expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (2000 est.)

      Industries:

       tourism, banking

      Industrial production growth rate:

       NA%

      Electricity - production:

       NA kWh

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 0% hydro: 0% other: 0% nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       NA kWh

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2002)

      Agriculture - products:

       tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit;

       Guernsey cattle

      Exports:

       $NA

      Exports - commodities:

       tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other

       vegetables

      Exports - partners:

       UK (regarded as internal trade)

      Imports:

       $NA

      Imports - commodities:

       coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment

      Imports - partners:

       UK (regarded as internal trade)

      Debt - external:

       $NA

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $NA

      Currency:

       British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Guernsey pound

      Currency code:

       GBP

      Exchange rates:

       Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001),

       0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998); note - the Guernsey

       pound is at par with the British pound

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Guernsey

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       44,000 (1996)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

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