growth rate 11.8% (1988 est.); accounts for 11% of GDP
Electricity:
capacity:
15,800 kW
production:
45 million kWh
consumption per capita:
1,120 kWh (1992)
Industries:
sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra, clothing, footwear,
beverages
Agriculture:
accounts for 7% of GDP; cash crop - sugarcane; subsistence crops -
rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fishing potential not fully
exploited; most food imported
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY85-88), $10.7 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $67
million
Currency:
1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Saint Kitts and Nevis, Communications

Railroads:
58 km 0.760-meter gauge on Saint Kitts for sugarcane
Highways:
total:
300 km
paved:
125 km
unpaved:
otherwise improved 125 km; unimproved earth 50 km
Ports:
Basseterre (Saint Kitts), Charlestown (Nevis)
Airports:
total:
2
usable:
2
with permanent-surface runways:
2
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
0
Telecommunications:
good interisland VHF/UHF/SHF radio connections and international link
via Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Martin; 2,400 telephones; broadcast
stations - 2 AM, no FM, 4 TV

@Saint Kitts and Nevis, Defense Forces

Branches:
Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police Force, Coast Guard
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

@Saint Lucia, Geography

Location:
Caribbean, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, about two-thirds of the way
between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
Map references:
Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Standard Time Zones
of the World
Area:
total area:
620 sq km
land area:
610 sq km
comparative area:
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
158 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January
to April, rainy season from May to August
Terrain:
volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys
Natural resources: