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telephone: [1] (202) 342-0159
FAX: [1] (202) 342-0158

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Theresa A. TULL
embassy: Third Floor, Teck Guan Plaza, Jalan Sultan, Bandar Seri
Begawan
mailing address: American Embassy Box B, APO AP 96440
telephone: [673] (2) 229670
FAX: [673] (2) 225293

Flag: yellow with two diagonal bands of white (top, almost double
width) and black starting from the upper hoist side; the national
emblem in red is superimposed at the center; the emblem includes a
swallow-tailed flag on top of a winged column within an upturned
crescent above a scroll and flanked by two upraised hands

@Brunei:Economy

Overview: The economy is a mixture of foreign and domestic
entrepreneurship, government regulation and welfare measures, and
village tradition. It is almost totally supported by exports of crude
oil and natural gas, with revenues from the petroleum sector
accounting for more than 40% of GDP. Per capita GDP is among the
highest in the Third World, and substantial income from overseas
investment supplements domestic production. The government provides
for all medical services and subsidizes food and housing.

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $4.43 billion (1993
est.)

National product real growth rate: -4% (1993 est.)

National product per capita: $16,000 (1993 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (1993 est.)

Unemployment rate: 5% (1993 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $1.5 billion
expenditures: $1.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $255
million (1990 est.)

Exports: $2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1993 est.)
commodities: crude oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum products
partners: Japan 52%, South Korea 10%, UK 9%, Thailand 7%, Singapore 6%
(1991)

Imports: $1.2 billion (c.i.f., 1993 est.)
commodities: machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods,
food, chemicals
partners: Singapore 34%, UK 23%, US 10%, Japan 8%, Malaysia 7%,
Switzerland 4% (1991)

External debt: $0

Industrial production: growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 41.6% of
GDP (1990), includes mining, quarrying, and manufacturing

Electricity:
capacity: 380,000 kW
production: 1.2 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 3,971 kWh (1993)

Industries: petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas,
construction

Agriculture: imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and
livestock include rice, cas