Dominican Republic Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $11.0 billion (1984 prelim.), $1,090 per capita real GDP growth 1.0% (1984)

Natural resources: nickel, bauxite, gold silver

Agriculture: main crops—sugarcane, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, rice, corn

Major industries-tourism, sugar processing, nickel mining, gold mining, textiles, cement

Electric power: 1,439 000 kW capacity (1985); 3.286 billion kWh produced (1985), 497 kWh per capita

Exports. $866 million (f.o.b., 1984); sugar, nickel, coffee, tobacco, cocoa, gold, silver

Imports $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 1984); foodstuffs, petroleum industrial raw materials, capital equipment

Major trade partners: exports—77% US, including Puerto Rico (1984 prelim.); imports—45% US, including Puerto Rico (1980)

Atd- economic—US economic commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-84), from US, $598 million; ODA and OOF from other Western countries (1970-83), $289 million, military authorized from US (1970-84), $40 million

budget: revenues, $1 2 billion; expenditures, $1.3 million (1984)

Monetary conversion rate: 3 pesos=US$l (September 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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