_#_Elections:

Legislative Assembly--last held NA November 1988 (next to be held
November 1992); results--percent of vote NA;
seats--(15 total, 12 elected)

_#_Communists: none

_#_Member of: CDB, IOC

_#_Diplomatic representation: as a dependent territory of the UK,
Caymanian interests in the US are represented by the UK;

US--none

_#_Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant
and the Caymanian coat of arms on a white disk centered on the outer half
of the flag; the coat of arms includes a pineapple and turtle above a
shield with three stars (representing the three islands) and a scroll at
the bottom bearing the motto HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy depends heavily on tourism (70% of GDP
and 75% of export earnings) and offshore financial services, with
the tourist industry aimed at the luxury market and catering
mainly to visitors from North America. About 90% of the islands' food and
consumer goods needs must be imported. The Caymanians enjoy one of the
highest standards of living in the region.

_#_GDP: $342 million, per capita $13,670 (1989); real growth
rate 15% (1988)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.2% (1988)

_#_Unemployment rate: NA%

_#_Budget: revenues $76 million; expenditures $56 million,
including capital expenditures of $NA (1988)

_#_Exports: $1.5 million (f.o.b., 1987 est.);

commodities--turtle products, manufactured consumer goods;

partners--mostly US

_#_Imports: $136 million (c.i.f., 1987 est.);

commodities--foodstuffs, manufactured goods;

partners--US, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Netherlands Antilles, Japan

_#_External debt: $15 million (1986)

_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%

_#_Electricity: 74,000 kW capacity; 256 million kWh produced,
9,710 kWh per capita (1990)

_#_Industries: tourism, banking, insurance and finance, construction,
building materials, furniture making

_#_Agriculture: minor production of vegetables, fruit, livestock;
turtle farming

_#_Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $26.7
million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-88), $35.0 million

_#_Currency: Caymanian dollar (plural--dollars); 1 Caymanian dollar
(CI$) = 100 cents

_#_Exchange rates: Caymanian dollars (CI$) per US$1--1.20 (fixed
rate)

_#_Fiscal year: 1 April-31 March

_*_Communications
_#_Highways: 16