US—Ambassador Harmon E. KIRBY; Embassy at Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome (mailing address is B. P. 852, Lome); telephone [228] 21-29-91 through 94 and 21-77-17
_#_Flag: five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow; there is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner; uses the popular pan-African colors of Ethiopia
_*Economy #_Overview: The economy is heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, which accounts for about 35% of GDP and provides employment for 78% of the labor force. Primary agricultural exports are cocoa, coffee, and cotton, which together account for about 30% of total export earnings. Togo is self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs when harvests are normal. In the industrial sector phosphate mining is by far the most important activity, with phosphate exports accounting for about 40% of total foreign exchange earnings. Togo serves as a regional commercial and trade center. The government actively encourages foreign investment.
_#_GDP: $1.4 billion, per capita $395; real growth rate 3.6% (1989 est.)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): - 1.2% (1989)
_#_Unemployment rate: 2.0% (1987)
_#_Budget: revenues $330 million; expenditures $363 million, including capital expenditures of $101 million (1990 est.)
_#_Exports: $331 million (f.o.b., 1989 est.);
commodities—phosphates, cocoa, coffee, cotton, manufactures, palm kernels;
partners—EC 70%, Africa 9%, US 2%, other 19% (1985)