Jersey Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Agriculture: principal crops—potatoes, cauliflowers, tomatoes; dairy and cattle farming

Major industries: tourism, banking and finance

Electric power: 50,000 kW standby capacity (1985); power supplied by France

Exports: 19.8 million pounds sterling (1983); light industry, electrical manufacturing, textiles

Imports: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, mineral fuels, chemicals

Major trade partners: UK

Budget: (1983) revenue 143,680 million pounds; expenditure 115,902 million pounds

Monetary conversion rate: 1 Jersey pound, which is at par with the pound sterling; 1 pound sterling=US$1.42 (November 1985)

Fiscal year: 31 April-lMay

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