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- Economy
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- Overview: Tourism is the primary economic activity, accounting
- for more than 70% of GDP and 70% of employment. The manufacturing
- sector consists of textile, electronics, pharmaceutical,
- and watch assembly plants. The agricultural sector is small
- with most food imported. International business and financial
- services are a small but growing component of the economy.
- The world's largest petroleum refinery is at St. Croix.
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- GDP: $1.03 billion, per capita $9,030; real growth rate NA% (1985).
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- Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%.
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- Unemployment rate: 3.5% (1987).
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- Budget: revenues $315 million; expenditures $322 million,
- including capital expenditures of NA (FY88).
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- Exports: $3.4 billion (f.o.b., 1985); commodities--refined
- petroleum products; partners--US, Puerto Rico.
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- Imports: $3.7 billion (c.i.f., 1985); commodities--crude oil,
- foodstuffs, consumer goods, building materials; partners--US,
- Puerto Rico.
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- External debt: $NA.
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- Industrial production: growth rate 12%.
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- Electricity: 341,000 kW capacity; 507 million kWh produced,
- 4,650 kWh per capita (1989).
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- Industries: tourism, government service, petroleum refining,
- watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals,
- textiles, electronics.
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- Agriculture: truck gardens, food crops (small scale), fruit,
- sorghum, Senepol cattle.
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- Aid: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
- (1970-87), $33.5 million.
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- Currency: US currency is used.
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- Exchange rates: US currency is used.
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- Fiscal year: 1 October-30 September.
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