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      Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Swinburne LESTRADE chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 364–6781 consulate(s) general: New York FAX: [1] (202) 364–6791

      Diplomatic representation from the US: the US does not have an embassy in Dominica; US interests are served by the embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados

      Flag description:

       green, with a centered cross of three equal bands - the vertical

       part is yellow (hoist side), black, and white and the horizontal

       part is yellow (top), black, and white; superimposed in the center

       of the cross is a red disk bearing a sisserou parrot encircled by 10

       green, five-pointed stars edged in yellow; the 10 stars represent

       the 10 administrative divisions (parishes)

      Economy Dominica

      Economy - overview:

       The Dominican economy depends on agriculture, primarily bananas,

       and remains highly vulnerable to climatic conditions and

       international economic developments. Hurricane Luis devastated the

       country's banana crop in 1995 after tropical storms wiped out a

       quarter of the 1994 crop. The economy subsequently has been fueled

       by increases in construction, soap production, and tourist arrivals.

       Development of the tourism industry remains difficult however,

       because of the rugged coastline, lack of beaches, and the absence of

       an international airport. Economic growth is sluggish, and

       unemployment is greater than 20%. The government has been attempting

       to develop an offshore financial sector in order to diversify the

       island's production base.

      GDP:

       purchasing power parity - $380 million (2002 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

       1.2% (2002 est.)

      GDP - per capita:

       purchasing power parity - $5,400 (2002 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 18% industry: 24% services: 58% (2002 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

       30% (2002 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

       lowest 10%: NA%

       highest 10%: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       1% (2001 est.)

      Labor force:

       25,000

      Labor force - by occupation:

       agriculture 40%, industry and commerce 32%, services 28%

      Unemployment rate:

       23% (2000 est.)

      Budget:

       revenues: $73.9 million

       expenditures: $84.4 million, including capital expenditures of $NA

       (2001)

      Industries:

       soap, coconut oil, tourism, copra, furniture, cement blocks, shoes

      Industrial production growth rate:

       −10% (1997 est.)

      Electricity - production:

       72.41 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 47.1% hydro: 52.9% other: 0% (2001) nuclear: 0%

      Electricity - consumption:

       67.35 million kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:

       0 kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:

       0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:

       600 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:

       NA (2001)

      Oil - imports:

       NA (2001)

      Agriculture - products: bananas, citrus, mangoes, root crops, coconuts, cocoa; forest and fishery potential not exploited

      Exports:

       $50 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

       bananas, soap, bay oil, vegetables, grapefruit, oranges

      Exports - partners:

       UK 36.1%, Jamaica 18%, US 7.5%, Antigua and Barbuda 6.4%, Guyana

       5.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 4.4% (2002)

      Imports:

       $135 million f.o.b. (2002 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, food, chemicals

      Imports - partners:

       China 23.9%, US 23.7%, Trinidad and Tobago 11.9%, South Korea 7.6%,

       UK 7.3%, Japan 4.5% (2002)

      Debt - external:

       $161.5 million (2001)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $24.4 million (1995)

      Currency:

       East Caribbean dollar (XCD)

      Currency code:

       XCD

      Exchange rates:

       East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2002), 2.7 (2001), 2.7

       (2000), 2.7 (1999), 2.7 (1998)

      Fiscal year:

       1 July - 30 June

      Communications Dominica

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       19,000 (1996)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       461 (1996)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: NA

       domestic: fully automatic network

       international: microwave radio relay and SHF radiotelephone links to

       Martinique and Guadeloupe; VHF and UHF radiotelephone links to Saint

       Lucia

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)

      Radios:

       46,000 (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       0 (however, there is one cable television company) (1997)

      Televisions:

       6,000 (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .dm

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       16 (2000)

      Internet users:

       2,000 (2000)

      Transportation Dominica

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 780 km paved: 393 km unpaved: 387 km (1999 est.)