Flag: the flag of France is used
Economy ———-
Economic overview: Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.
Budget:
revenues: $22.6 million
expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1995)
Transportation ———————
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
Merchant marine:
total: 66 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,133,942 GRT/3,617,863
DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 6, chemical tanker 7, container 10,
liquefied gas tanker 4, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil
tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13,
specialized tanker 1
note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to
operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than
permissable under the main French register (1995 est.)
Airports: none (1994 est.)
Communications ———————
Telephones: NA