Turks and Caicos Islands Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $15 million, per capita GDP $2,020 (1980)

Natural resources: spiny lobster, conch

Agriculture: corn, beans

Fishing: catch 1,050 metric tons (1983)

Major industries: fishing, tourism; formerly produced salt by solar evaporation

Exports $2.5 million (1982); crawfish, dried and fresh conch, conch shells

Imports: $20.9 million (1982), foodstuffs, drink, tobacco, clothing

Major trade partners: US (lobster, conch, tourism)and UK

Budget: revenues, $5.9 million expenditures, $7 2 million (1981 /82)

Monetary conversion rate: uses the US dollar

Fiscal year: probably calendar

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