St. Vincent and the Grenadines Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP: $88.9 million (1983), $781 per capita;

3% real growth in 1984

Agriculture: bananas, arrowroot

Major industries: food processing

Electric power: 16,000 kW capacity (1985); 32 million kWh produced (1985), 314 kWh per capita

Exports-$42.0 million (f.o.b., 1983 prelim ); bananas, arrowroot, copra

Imports: $71 4 million (c.i.f., 1983 prelim.); foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, chemicalsand fertilizers, mineralsand fuels

Major trade partners: exports—32% UK, 57% CARICOM, 34% Trinidad and Tobago (1983); imports 11% UK, 33% US, 32% CARICOM, 24% Trinidad and Tobago. 6% Canada (1983 est.)

Aid: economic—bilateral economic commitments, ODA and OOF, from Western (nonUS) countries (1970-81), $25 million; no military aid

Budget: (1984) revenues, $32 million; expenditures, $32 million

Monetary conversion rate: 2.70 East Caribbean dollars=US$l (December 1985)

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