Labor force: 18,172 (June 1995); by occupation - services 69%, manufacturing 31%
Unemployment rate: 4.3% (May 1995)
Budget:
revenues: $100.2 million
expenditures: $100.1 million, including capital expenditures of
$41.4 million (1996 est.)
Industries: sugar processing, tourism, cotton, salt, copra,
clothing, footwear, beverages
Industrial production growth rate: 5.9% (1992 est.)
Electricity: capacity: 15,800 kW production: 45 million kWh consumption per capita: 990 kWh (1993)
Agriculture: sugarcane, rice, yams, vegetables, bananas; fishing
potential not fully exploited
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for South American drugs
destined for the US
Exports: $35.4 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: machinery, food, electronics, beverages and tobacco partners: US 46.6%, UK 26.4%, Caricom nations 9.8% (1994)
Imports: $112.4 million (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: machinery, manufactures, food, fuels partners: US 45%, Caricom nations 18.8%, UK 12.5%, Canada 4.2%, Japan 4.2%, (1994)