<text id=94CT1446><title>Turks and Caicos Islands—Economy</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Turks and Caicos Islands<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> The economy is based on fishing, tourism, and offshore banking. Only subsistence farming—corn, cassava, citrus, and beans—exists on the Caicos Islands, so that most foods, as well as nonfood products, must be imported.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—purchasing power equivalent—$80.8 million (1992 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> -1.5% (1992)
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $6,000 (1992 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> subsistence farming prevails, based on corn and beans; fishing more important than farming; not self-sufficient in food
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $110 million
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<item><hi format=bold>Currency:</hi> 1 United States dollar (US$)=100 cents
<item><hi format=bold>Exchange rates:</hi> US currency is used
<item><hi format=bold>Fiscal year:</hi> calendar year