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       related activities. In recent years, however, the economy has diversified

       into manufacturing and tourism. The tourist industry is now a major employer

       of the labor force and a primary source of foreign exchange. The economy

       slowed in 1990-91, however, and Bridgetown's declining hard currency

       reserves and inability to finance its deficits have caused it to adopt an

       austere economic reform program.

       GDP:

       purchasing power equivalent - $1.7 billion, per capita $6,500; real growth

       rate—3.1% (1990)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       3.4% (1990)

       Unemployment rate:

       18% (1991)

       Budget:

       revenues $514 million; expenditures $615 million (FY91-92)

       Exports:

       $210.6 million (f.o.b., 1990)

       commodities:

       sugar and molasses, chemicals, electrical components, clothing, rum,

       machinery and transport equipment

       partners:

       CARICOM 30%, US 20%, UK 20%

       Imports:

       $704 million (c.i.f., 1990)

       commodities:

       foodstuffs, consumer durables, raw materials, machinery, crude oil,

       construction materials, chemicals

       partners:

       US 35%, CARICOM 13%, UK 12%, Japan 6%, Canada 8%, Venezuela 4%

       External debt:

       $539.9 million (1990)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate—2.7% (1990); accounts for 14% of GDP

       Electricity:

       152,100 kW capacity; 539 million kWh produced, 2,117 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       tourism, sugar, light manufacturing, component assembly for export

       Agriculture:

       accounts for 10% of GDP; major cash crop is sugarcane; other crops -

       vegetables and cotton; not self-sufficient in food

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $15 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $171 million

       Currency:

       Barbadian dollars (plural - dollars); 1 Barbadian dollar (Bds$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Barbadian dollars (Bds$) per US$1 - 2.0113 (fixed rate)

       Fiscal year:

       1 April - 31 March

      :Barbados Communications

      Highways:

       1,570 km total; 1,475 km paved, 95 km gravel and earth

       Ports:

       Bridgetown

       Merchant marine:

       2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,200 GRT/7,338 DWT

       Civil air:

       no major transport aircraft

       Airports:

       1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440-3,659 m

       Telecommunications:

       islandwide automatic telephone system with 89,000 telephones; tropospheric

       scatter link to Trinidad and Saint Lucia; broadcast stations - 3 AM, 2 FM, 2

       (1 is pay) TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

      :Barbados Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Royal Barbados Defense Force, Coast Guard, Royal Barbados Police Force

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 69,678; 48,803 fit for military service, no conscription

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $10 million, 0.7% of GDP (1989)

      :Bassas da India Geography

      Total area:

       NA

       Land area:

       undetermined

       Comparative area:

       undetermined

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       35.2 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       12 nm

       Continental shelf:

       200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       claimed by Madagascar

       Climate:

       tropical

       Terrain:

       a volcanic rock 2.4 m high

       Natural resources:

       none

       Land use:

       arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and

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