The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ leader NA;

       Brunei Peoples Party (banned), leader NA

      International organization participation: APEC, ASEAN, C, ESCAP,

       FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, IDB, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO

       (correspondent), ITU, Mekong Group, NAM, OIC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WHO,

       WIPO, WMO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador JAYA bin Abdul Latif

       chancery: Watergate, Suite 300, 3rd floor, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW,

       Washington, DC 20037

       telephone: [1] (202) 342–0159

       FAX: [1] (202) 342–0158

      US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Theresa A. TULL

       embassy: Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri

       Begawan

       mailing address: American Embassy Box B, Bandar Seri Begawan, APO AP

       96440

       telephone: [673] (2) 229670

       FAX: [673] (2) 225293

      Flag: yellow with two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double width) and black starting from the upper hoist side; the national emblem in red is superimposed at the center; the emblem includes a swallow-tailed flag on top of a winged column within an upturned crescent above a scroll and flanked by two upraised hands

      Economy———

      Economic overview: The economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and village tradition. It is almost totally supported by exports of crude oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector accounting for more than 40% of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the highest in the Third World, and substantial income from overseas investment supplements domestic production. The government provides for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.6 billion (1995 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: 2% (1995 est.)

      GDP per capita: $15,800 (1995 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: 3% industry: 42% services: 55%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% (1994 est.)

      Labor force: 119,000 (1993 est.); note - includes members of the

       Army

       by occupation: government 47.5%, production of oil, natural gas,

       services, and construction 41.9%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing

       3.8% (1986)

       note: 33% of labor force is foreign (1988)

      Unemployment rate: 4.8% (1994 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $2.1 billion

       expenditures: $2.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $427

       million (1993)

      Industries: petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas,

       construction

      Industrial production growth rate: 12.9% (1987)

      Electricity: capacity: 380,000 kW production: 1.2 billion kWh consumption per capita: 3,971 kWh (1993)

      Agriculture: rice, cassava (tapioca), bananas; water buffalo, pigs

      Exports: $2.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)

       commodities: crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products

       partners: Japan 50%, UK 19%, Thailand 10%, Singapore 9% (1994 est.)

      Imports: $1.8 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)

       commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,

       food, chemicals

       partners: Singapore 29%, UK 19%, US 13%, Malaysia 9%, Japan 5% (1994

       est.)

      External debt: 0

      Economic aid: $NA

      Currency: 1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1 - 1.4214 (January 1996), 1.4174 (1995), 1.5274 (1994), 1.6158 (1993), 1.6290 (1992), 1.7276 (1991); note - the Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar

      Fiscal year: calendar year

      Transportation———————

      Railways: total: 13 km private line narrow gauge: 13 km 0.610-m gauge

      Highways: total: 2,443 km paved: 1,296 km unpaved: 1,147 km (1993)

      Waterways: 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m

      Pipelines: crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km

      Ports: Bandar Seri Begawan, Kuala Belait, Muara, Seria, Tutong

      Merchant marine:

       total: 7 liquefied gas tankers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476

       GRT/340,635 DWT (1994 est.)

      Airports:

       total: 2

       with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1

       with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

      Heliports: 3 (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 76,900 (1993)

      Telephone system: service throughout country is adequate for

       present needs; international service good to adjacent Malaysia

       domestic: NA

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean

       and 1 Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 4, shortwave 0

      Radios: 115,000 (1993)

      Television broadcast stations: 1 (1984 est.)

      Televisions: 78,000 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

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