matic representation in US:
chief of mission: post vacant since recall of Ambassador Jacques
BACAMURWANKO in November 1994
chancery: Suite 212, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007
telephone: [1] (202) 342-2574

US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Robert C. KRUEGER
embassy: Avenue des Etats-Unis, Bujumbura
mailing address: B. P. 1720, Bujumbura
telephone: [257] (2) 23454
FAX: [257] (2) 22926

Flag: divided by a white diagonal cross into red panels (top and
bottom) and green panels (hoist side and outer side) with a white disk
superimposed at the center bearing three red six-pointed stars
outlined in green arranged in a triangular design (one star above, two
stars below)

@Burundi:Economy

Overview: A landlocked, resource-poor country in an early stage of
economic development, Burundi since October 1993 has suffered from
massive ethnic-based violence that has displaced an estimated million
people, disrupted production, and set back needed reform programs.
Burundi is predominately agricultural with roughly 90% of the
population dependent on subsistence agriculture. Its economic health
depends on the coffee crop, which accounts for 80% of foreign exchange
earnings. The ability to pay for imports therefore continues to rest
largely on the vagaries of the climate and the international coffee
market. As part of its economic reform agenda, launched in February
1991 with IMF and World Bank support, Burundi is trying to diversify
its agricultural exports, attract foreign investment in industry, and
modernize government budgetary practices. Although the government
remains committed to reforms, it fears new austerity measures would
add to ethnic tensions.

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1994
est.)

National product real growth rate: -13.5% (1994 est.)

National product per capita: $600 (1994 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 10% (1993 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $318 million
expenditures: $326 million, including capital expenditures of $150
million (1991 est.)

Exports: $68 million (f.o.b., 1993)
commodities: coffee 81%, tea, cotton, hides, and skins
partners: EC 57%, US 19%, Asia 1%

Imports: $203 million (c.i.f., 1993)
commodities: capital goods 31%, petroleum products 15%, foodstuffs,
consumer goods
partners: EC 45%, Asia 29%, US 2%

External debt: $1.05 billion (