Netherlands Antilles Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $1 35 billion (1983\ $9.140 per capita, real growth rate, 1.0% (1984)

Natural resources: phosphates (Curacao only), salt (Bonaire only)

Agriculture: corn, pulses

Major industries: petroleum refining on Curacao (refinery currently closed but maystart up again); petroleum transshipment facilities on Curacao, Aruba, and Bonaire; tourism on Curacao, Aruba, and St. Martin; light manufacturing on Curacao and Aruba

Electric power: 433 000 kW capacity (1985); 1.312 billion kWh produced (1985), 5,560 kWh per capita

Exports- $4 4 billion (f.o.b., I983\ 98% petroleum products, phosphate

Imports: $ 1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1983); M% crude petroleum, food, manufactures

Major trade partners: exports—46% US, 2% Canada, 1% Netherlands; imports—35% Venezuela, 11% US, 4% Netherlands (1977)

Aid: bilateral OD A and ()OF commitments (1970-79), economic—Western (non-US) countries $353 million

Budget: (1984) central government revenues, $616 million; central government expenditure', $656 million

Monetary conversion rate: 1.8 Netherlands Antillean florins (NAF)=US$1 (September 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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