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nic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange. The majority of the work force is employed in the service sector and in administration. GDP: purchasing power parity--$4.24 billion (1996 est.) GDP--real growth rate: NA% GDP--per capita: purchasing power parity?$10,700 (1996 est.) GDP--composition by sector: agriculture: 6% industry: 11% services: 83% (1997 est.) Population below poverty line: NA% Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9% (1990) Labor force: 160,000 Labor force--by occupation: agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% (1997) Unemployment rate: 24% (1997) Budget: revenues: $775 million expenditures: $2.15 billion, including capital expenditures of $118 million (1996) Industries: construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity--production: 855 million kWh (1996) Electricity--production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996) Electricity--consumption: 855 million kWh (1996) Electricity--exports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricity--imports: 0 kWh (1996) Agriculture--products: pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane Exports: $200 million (f.o.b., 1997) Exports--commodities: refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples Exports--partners: France 57%, Guadeloupe 31%, French Guiana (1991) Imports: $1.6 billion (c.i.f., 1997) Imports--commodities: petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods Imports--partners: France 62%, UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, US (1991) Debt--external: $180 million (1994) Economic aid--recipient: $NA; note?substantial annual aid from France Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1--5.65 (January 1999), 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520 (1994) Fiscal year: calendar year Communications Telephones: 209,672 (1994 est.) Telephone system: domestic facilities are adequate domestic: NA international: microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations--2 Intelsat (Atla
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