French Guiana Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $120 million (1976), $1,940 per capita

Organized labor: 7% of labor force

Natural resources: bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, clay, low-grade iron ore

Agriculture: limited vegetables for local consumption; rice, corn, manioc, cocoa, bananas, sugar

Fishing: catch 1,430 metric tons (1983 est.)

Major industries: construction, shrimp processing, forestry products, rum, gold mining

Electric power: 31,000 kW capacity (1985); 138 million kWh produced (1985), 1,625 kWh per capita

Exports: $35.4 million (1981); shrimp, timber, rum, rosewood essence

Imports: $245.9 million (1981); food (grains, processed meat), other consumer goods, producer goods, and petroleum

Major trade partners: exports—54% US, 17% Japan, 15% France, 5% Martinique; imports—53% France, 15% Trinidad and Tobago, 10% US (1981)

Aid: economic—bilateral commitments, ODA and OOF (FY70-79), from Western (non-US) countries, $700 million, no military aid

Budget: $101 million (1982)

Monetary conversion rate: 8.66 French francs=US$l (September 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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