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СКАЧАТЬ Lionel Alexander HURST chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 362–5211, 5166, 5122 FAX : [1] (202) 362–5225 consulate(s) general: Miami

      Diplomatic representation from the US: the US does not have an embassy in Antigua and Barbuda (embassy closed 30 June 1994); the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Antigua and Barbuda

      Flag description: red with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the flag; the triangle contains three horizontal bands of black (top), light blue, and white with a yellow rising sun in the black band

      Economy

      Economy - overview: Tourism continues to be by far the dominant activity in the economy but the combined share in GDP of transport and communications, trade, and public utilities has increased markedly in recent years. Tourism's direct contribution to output in 1994 was about 20%. In addition, increased tourist arrivals helped spur growth in the construction and transport sectors. The dual island nation's agricultural production is mainly directed to the domestic market; the sector is constrained by the limited water supply and labor shortages that reflect the pull of higher wages in tourism and construction. Manufacturing comprises enclave-type assembly for export with major products being bedding, handicrafts, and electronic components. Prospects for economic growth in the medium term will continue to depend on income growth in the industrialized world, especially in the US, which accounts for about half of all tourist arrivals.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $446 million (1996 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate: 4.7% (1996 est.)

      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $6,800 (1996 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture : 3.5% industry: 19.3% services: 77.2% (1994 est.)

      Inflation rate - consumer price index: 4% (1996 est.)

      Labor force: total: 30,000 by occupation : commerce and services 82%, agriculture 11%, industry 7% (1983)

      Unemployment rate: 5%-10%(1995 est.)

      Budget: revenues : $134 million expenditures: $135.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)

      Industries: tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing, alcohol, household appliances)

      Industrial production growth rate: NA

      Electricity - capacity: 54,000 kW (1995)

      Electricity - production: NA kWh

      Electricity - consumption per capita: NA kWh

      Agriculture - products: cotton, fruits, vegetables, bananas, coconuts, cucumbers, mangoes, sugarcane; livestock

      Exports: total value: $45 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%, food and live animals 4%, machinery and transport equipment 17% partners: OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and Tobago 2%, US 0.3%

      Imports: total value: $350.8 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.) commodities: food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil partners: US 27%, UK 16%, Canada 4%, OECS 3%, other 50%

      Debt - external: $435 million (1996 est.)

      Economic aid: $NA

      Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (February 1997; fixed rate since 1976)

      Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

      @Antigua and Barbuda:Communications

      Telephones: 6,700

      Telephone system: domestic: good automatic telephone system international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Saba (Netherlands Antilles) and Guadeloupe

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 2, shortwave 2

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 2

      Televisions: 28,000 (1993 est.)

      @Antigua and Barbuda:Transportation

      Railways: total: 77 km narrow gauge: 64 km 0.760-m gauge; 13 km 0.610-m gauge (used almost exclusively for handling sugarcane)

      Highways: total: 245 km (1995 est.) paved : NA km unpaved: NA km

      Ports and harbors: Saint John's

      Merchant marine: total: 419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,965,180 GRT/2,637,644 DWT ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 285, chemical tanker 6, combination bulk 1, container 83, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 11, roll-on/roll-off cargo 19 note : a flag of convenience registry: Germany owns 13 ships, Slovenia 3, Croatia 1, Cyprus 1, and US 1 (1996 est.)

      Airports: 3 (1996 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m : 2 (1996 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal

       Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (includes the Coast Guard)

      Military manpower - availability: males age 15–49: NA

      Military manpower - fit for military service: males: NA

      Military expenditures - dollar figure: $1.4 million (FY90/91)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1% (FY90/91)

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: considered a long-time but relatively minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe and recent transshipment point for heroin from Europe to the US; potentially more significant as a drug money-laundering center ______________________________________________________________________

      ARCTIC OCEAN

       [Map of Arctic Ocean]

      @Arctic Ocean:Geography

      Location: body of water mostly north of the Arctic Circle

      Geographic coordinates: 90 00 N, 0 00 E

      Map references: Arctic Region

      Area: total: 14.056 million sq km note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies

      Area - comparative: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US; smallest of the world's four oceans (after Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean)

      Coastline: 45,389 km

      Climate: polar climate СКАЧАТЬ