Martinique Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

CDP: $1.38 billion (1980>, $4,540 per capita

Natural resources: scenery, cultivable land

Agriculture, bananas, pineapples, vegeta bles, flowers, limited sugarcane for rum

Major industries: construction, rum, cement, oil refining, light industry, tourism

Electric power: 66,000 kW capacity (1985); 319 million kWh produced (1985), 976 kWh per capita

Exports: $123 million (1981); refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples

Imports- $703 million (1981); petroleum products, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods

Major trade partners: exports—56% France (1978); imports—62% France, 28% EC and franc zone, 4.5% US, 5.5% other (1977)

Aid: economic—bilateral ODA and OOF commitments (1970-81) from Western (nonUS) countries, $3 1 billion; no military aid

Budget: (1981) expenditures, $215 million

Monetary conversion rate: 7.71 French francs=US$l (December 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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