enditures:
$127 million, including capital expenditures of $104 million (1992
est.)
Exports:
$122.8 million (f.o.b., 1992)
commodities:
bananas 60%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil
partners:
UK 56%, US 22%, CARICOM 19% (1991)
Imports:
$276 million (f.o.b., 1992)
commodities:
manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 21%,
food and live animals, chemicals, fuels
partners:
US 34%, CARICOM 17%, UK 14%, Japan 7%, Canada 4% (1991)
External debt:
$96.4 million (1992 est.)
Industrial production:
growth rate 3.5% (1990 est.); accounts for 12% of GDP
Electricity:
capacity:
32,500 kW
production:
112 million kWh
consumption per capita:
740 kWh (1992)
Industries:
clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated
cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut processing
Agriculture:
accounts for 14% of GDP and 43% of labor force; crops - bananas,
coconuts, vegetables, citrus fruit, root crops, cocoa; imports food
for the tourist industry
Illicit drugs:
transit country for South American drugs destined for the US and
Europe
Economic aid:
recipient:
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $120 million
Currency:
1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976)

@Saint Lucia, Communications

Highways:
total:
760 km
paved:
500 km
unpaved:
otherwise improved 260 km
Ports:
Castries, Vieux Fort
Airports:
total:
3
usable:
3
with permanent-surface runways:
3
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
1
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
1
Telecommunications:
fully automatic telephone system; 9,500 telephones; direct microwave
link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; interisland
troposcatter link to Barbados; broadcast stations - 4 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV
(cable)

@Saint Lucia, Defense Forces

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

@Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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Affiliation:
(territorial collectivity of France)

@Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Geography

Location:
Northern North America, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 25 km south of
Newfoundland (Canada)
Map references:
North America
Area:
total area:
242 sq km
land area:
242 sq km
comparative area:
slightly les