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Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador TATANENE Manata
chancery: 1800 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 234-7690, 7691

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires John M. YATES
embassy: 310 Avenue des Aviateurs, Kinshasa
mailing address: Unit 31550, Kinshasha; APO AE 09828
telephone: [243] (12) 21532, 21628
FAX: [243] (12) 21534 ext. 2308, 21535 ext. 2308; (88) 43805, 43467

Flag: light green with a yellow disk in the center bearing a black arm
holding a red flaming torch; the flames of the torch are blowing away
from the hoist side; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia

@Zaire:Economy

Overview: Zaire's economy has continued to disintegrate although Prime
Minister KENGO has had some success in slowing the rate of economic
decline. While meaningful economic figures are difficult to come by,
Zaire's hyperinflation, chronic large government deficits, and
plunging mineral production have made the country one of the world's
poorest. Most formal transactions are conducted in hard currency as
indigenous bank notes have lost almost all value, and a barter economy
now flourishes in all but the largest cities. Most individuals and
families hang on grimly through subsistence farming and petty trade.
The government has not been able to meet its financial obligations to
the International Monetary Fund or put in place the financial measures
advocated by the IMF. Although short-term prospects for improvement
are dim, improved political stability would boost Zaire's long-term
potential to effectively exploit its vast wealth of mineral and
agricultural resources.

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $18.8 billion (1994
est.)

National product real growth rate: 4% (1994 est.)

National product per capita: $440 (1994 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 40% per month (1993 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA

Exports: $362 million (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
commodities: copper, coffee, diamonds, cobalt, crude oil
partners: US, Belgium, France, Ger