Dominica Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $85.4 million (prelim ), $1,034 per capita; 1984 real growth rate 4.3% (1984)

Natural resources: timber

Agriculture: bananas, citrus, coconuts, cocoa, essential oils

Major industries: agricultural processing, tourism, soap and other coconut-based products, cigars

Electric power: 7,000 kW c apacity (1985); 16 million kWh produced (1985), 216 kWh per capita

Exports $25.6 million (f.o.b., 1984 prelim.); bananas, coconuts, lime juice and oil, cocoa, reexports

Imports: $55.8 million (c.i.f., 1984 prelim.); machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured articles, cement

Major trade partners: (1984) exports—46% UK, 16% Jamaica, 15% Trinidad and Tobago, 2% US, 0.3% other EC; imports—27% US, 13% UK, 8% Trinidad and Tobago, 6% other EC

Aid: economic—bilateral ODA and OOF (1970-80), from Western (non-US) countries, $22.6 million; no military aid

Budget: revenues, $33.4 million; expenditures, $38.5 million (FY84)

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

Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June

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