Comoros Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $92 million (1984 prov.), about $250 per capita

Agriculture: food crops—rice, manioc, maize, fruits, vegetables, coconuts, cinnamon, yams; export crops—essential oils for perfumes (mainly ylang-ylang), vanilla, copra, cloves

Major industry: perfume distillation

Electric power: 5,500 kW capacity (1985); 9 million kWh produced (1985), 22 kWh per capita

Exports: $16 million (f.o.b., 1984 prov.); perfume oils, vanilla, copra, cloves

Imports: $27 million (f.o.b., 1984 prov.); rice and other foodstuffs, cement, fuels, chemicals, textiles

Major trade partners: exports—France, FRG, US; imports—France, Kenya, Reunion

Budget: (1984) domestic revenue $11 million; external grants, $29 million; current expenditures, $14 million; capital expenditures, $7 million; extrabudgetary expenditures, $14 million

Monetary conversion rate: 475 Commu-naute Financiere Africaine (CFA) francs=US$l (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Comoros 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 Comoros 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Comoros 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.