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<title>
Greenland (Denmark): Economy
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Greenland
Economy</hdr><body>
<p>Overview: Greenland's economic situation at present is difficult
and unemployment increases. Prospects for economic growth in the
immediate future are not bright. The Home Rule Government's economic
restraint measures introduced in the late 1980s have assisted in
shifting red figures into a balance in the public budget. Foreign
trade produced a surplus in 1989 and 1990, but has now returned to a
deficit. Following the closing of the Black Angel lead and zinc mine
in 1989, Greenland today is fully dependent on fishing and fish
processing, this sector accounting for 95% of exports. Prospects for
fisheries are not bright, as the important shrimp catches will at
best stabilize and cod catches have dropped. Resumption of mining and
hydrocarbon activities is not around the corner, thus leaving only
tourism with some potential for the near future. The public sector in
Greenland, i.e. the HRG and its commercial entities and the
municipalities, plays a dominant role in Greenland accounting for
about two thirds of total employment. About half the government's
revenues come from grants from the Danish Government.
</p>
<p>National product: GNP - purchasing power equivalent - $500 million
(1988)
</p>
<p>National product real growth rate: -10% (1990)
</p>
<p>National product per capita: $9,000 (1988)
</p>
<p>Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6% (1991)
</p>
<p>Unemployment rate: 9% (1990 est.)
</p>
<p>Budget: revenues $381 million; expenditures $381 million, including
capital expenditures of $36 million (1989)
</p>
<list>
<l>Exports: $340.6 million (f.o.b., 1991)</l>
<l> commodities: fish and fish products 95%</l>
<l> partners: Denmark 79%, Benelux 9%, Germany 5%</l>
<l>Imports: $403 million (c.i.f., 1991)</l>
<l> commodities: manufactured goods 28%, machinery and transport
equipment 24%, food and live animals 12.4%, petroleum products
12%</l>
<l> partners: Denmark 65%, Norway 8.8%, US 4.6%, Germany 3.8%,
Japan 3.8%, Sweden 2.4%</l>
</list>
<p>External debt: $480 million (1990 est.)
</p>
<p>Industrial production: growth rate NA%
</p>
<p>Electricity: 84,000 kW capacity; 176 million kWh produced, 3,060
kWh per capita (1992)
</p>
<p>Industries: fish processing (mainly shrimp), lead and zinc mining,
handicrafts, some small shipyards, potential for platinum and gold
mining
</p>
<p>Agriculture: sector dominated by fishing and sheep raising; crops
limited to forage and small garden vegetables; 1988 fish catch of
133,500 metric tons
</p>
<p>Economic aid: none
</p>
<p>Currency: 1 Danish krone (DKr)=100 re
</p>
<p>Exchange rates: Danish kroner (DKr) per US$1 - 6.236 (January
1993), 6.036 (1992), 6.396 (1991), 6.189 (1990), 7.310 (1989), 6.732
(1988)
</p>
<p>Fiscal year: calendar year
</p></body></article></text>