<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Puerto Rico<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. Industry has surpassed agriculture as the primary sector of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Important industries include pharmaceuticals, electronics, textiles, petrochemicals, and processed foods. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income for the island, with estimated arrivals of nearly 3 million tourists in 1989. Unemployment remains a severe problem at 18%.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GNP—purchasing power equivalent—$26.8 billion (1992 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> NA%
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $7,100 (1992 est.)
<item>• <hi format=ital>consumption per capita:</hi> 4,260 kWh (1992)
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<item><hi format=bold>Industries:</hi> manufacturing accounts for 55.5% of GDP: manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, electronics, apparel, food products, instruments; tourism
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> accounts for only 3% of labor force and less than 2% of GDP: crops—sugarcane, coffee, pineapples, plantains, bananas; livestock—cattle, chickens; imports a large share of food needs (1992)
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 United States dollar (US$)=100 cents
<item><hi format=bold>Exchange rates:</hi> US currency is used
<item><hi format=bold>Fiscal year:</hi> 1 July–30 June