Mayotte Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Aid: from France, 84 million francs (1983)

Agriculture: vanilla, ylang-ylang, coffee, copra

Fishing: annual catch, about 2,000 tons

Major industries: newly created lobster and shrimp industry

Exports: 5 million francs (1982);

ylang-ylang, vanilla

Imports: 116 million francs (1982); building materials, transport equipment, rice, clothing, flour

Major trade partners: imports—France 57%, Kenya 16%, South Africa 11%, Pakistan 8%; exports—France 79%, Reunion 19%, Comoros 10%

Budget: 144.3 million francs (1982)

Monetary conversion rate: 8.40 French francs=US$l (January 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications Railroads: none

Highways: 85 km tarred

Inland waterways: none

Ports: none

Airfields: none

Telecommunications: small system administered by French Department of Posts and Telecommunications; includes radio-relay and high-frequency radiocommunications for links with Comoros and for international communications; 450 telephones (9 per 100 popl.); 1 AM station

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