Antigua and Barbuda Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $158 million (1984), $>,990 per capita

Natural resources: negligible

Agriculture: cotton (.main crop), sugar, livestock

Major industries: tourism 15.2%, construction 7.7%, manufacturing 0.5%

Electric power: 27,000 kW capacity (1985);

60.5 million kWh produced (1985), 756 kWh per capita

Exports: $41 million (1984 prelim.); clothing, rum, lobsters

Imports: $116.9 million (c.i.f., 1984 prelim ); fuel, food, machinery

Major trade partners: exports—47% Trinidad and Tobago, 8% Barbados, 1% US (1983); imports—49% US, 13% UK 4% Jamaica, 2% Trinidad and Tobago (1983)

Aid: economic—bilateral commitments, ODA and OOF (1970-80) from Western (non-US) countries, $20 million; no military aid

Budget: (current) revenues, $40 million (1984); expenditures, $44 million (1984)

Monetary conversion rate: 2.70 East Caribbean (EC) dollars=US$l (February 1984)

Fiscal year: 1 April-30 March

NOTE: The information regarding Antigua and Barbuda on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Antigua and Barbuda 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Antigua and Barbuda 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.