The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ 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—$503 million (1998 est.)

      GDP—real growth rate: 6% (1998 est.)

      GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity?$7,900 (1998 est.)

      GDP—composition by sector: agriculture: 4% industry: 12.5% services: 83.5% (1996 est.)

      Population below poverty line: NA%

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): −1.1% (1997)

      Labor force: 30,000

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

      Unemployment rate: 9% (1997 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $122.6 million

       expenditures: $141.2 million, including capital expenditures of

       $17.3 million (1997 est.)

      Industries: tourism, construction, light manufacturing (clothing,

       alcohol, household appliances)

      Industrial production growth rate: 6% (1997 est.)

      Electricity—production: 95 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996)

      Electricity—consumption: 95 million kWh (1996)

      Electricity—exports: 0 kWh (1996)

      Electricity—imports: 0 kWh (1996)

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

      Exports: $37.8 million (1997)

      Exports—commodities: petroleum products 48%, manufactures 23%,

       food and live animals 4%, machinery and transport equipment 17%

      Exports—partners: OECS 26%, Barbados 15%, Guyana 4%, Trinidad and

       Tobago 2%, US 0.3%

      Imports: $325.5 million (1997)

      Imports—commodities: food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, manufactures, chemicals, oil

      Imports—partners: US 27%, UK 16%, Canada 4%, OECS 3%, other 50%

      Debt—external: $240 million (1997 est.)

      Economic aid—recipient: $2.3 million (1995)

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

      Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1—2.7000 (fixed rate since 1976)

      Fiscal year: 1 April—31 March

      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 0 (repeater

       transmitters for Deutsche Welle and BBC world broadcasts) (1998)

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 2 (1997)

      Televisions: 28,000 (1993 est.)

      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: 250 km (1996 est.)

       paved: NA km

       unpaved: NA km

      Ports and harbors: Saint John's

      Merchant marine:

       total: 517 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,706,126

       GRT/3,542,664 DWT

       ships by type: bulk 21, cargo 338, chemical tanker 7, combination

       bulk 2, container 111, liquefied gas tanker 2, multifunctional

       large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 9,

       roll-on/roll-off cargo 21, vehicle carrier 1

       note: a flag of convenience registry: Germany owns 10 ships,

       Slovenia 2, and Cyprus 2 (1998 est.)

      Airports: 3 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with paved runways: total: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Airports—with unpaved runways:

       total: 1

       under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

      Military

      Military branches: Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force, Royal

       Antigua and Barbuda Police Force (includes Coast Guard)

      Military expenditures—dollar figure: $NA

      Military expenditures—percent of GDP: NA%

      Transnational Issues

      Disputes—international: none

      Illicit drugs: over the long-term, considered a relatively minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe and recently, a transshipment point for heroin from Europe to the US; potentially more significant as a drug-money-laundering center

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