Haiti Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $1.8 billion (FY84), $240 per capita;

real growth rate 1984,2.0%

Natural resources: bauxite

Agriculture: main crops—coffee, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum

Major industries: sugar refining, textiles, flour milling, cement manufacturing, bauxite mining, tourism, light assembly industries

Electric power: 193 000 kW capacity (1985); 325 million kWh produced (1985), 56 kWh per capita

Exports: $167.6 million (f.o.b., 1983); mangos, coffee, light industrial products, essential oils, sisal, sugar

Imports: $284 million (f.o.b., 1982); consumer durables, foodstuffs, industrial equipment, petroleum products, construction materials

Major trade partners: exports—59% US; imports—45% US (1978)

Aid: economic—US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-84), $363 million; ODA

Haiti

and OOF from other Western countries (1970-83), $362 million; military US(FY70-84), $5 million

Budget-(1984) revenues, $283 million; expenditures, $357 million

Monetary conversion rate: 5.00 gourdes=US$l (September 1985)

Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September

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