held NA);
results - no percent of vote by party since all are independents;
seats - (60 total, 33 elected), all independents

Judicial branch: Royal Court

Political parties and leaders: none; all independents

International organization participation: none

Diplomatic representation in US: none (British crown dependency)

US diplomatic representation: none (British crown dependency)

Flag: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of
England) extending to the edges of the flag

Economy
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Economic overview: Financial services account for about 55% of
total income. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly
tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Bank profits (1992)
registered a record 26% growth. Fund management and insurance are
the two other major income generators.

GDP: $NA

GDP real growth rate: NA%

GDP per capita: $NA

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1988)

Labor force: NA

Unemployment rate: 3%-4% (1994 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $238.3 million
expenditures: $223.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
(1993 est.)

Industries: tourism, banking

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity:
capacity: 173,000 kW
production: 525 million kWh
consumption per capita: 9,060 kWh (1992)

Agriculture: tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers,
eggplant, other vegetables, fruit; Guernsey cattle

Exports: $NA
commodities: tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant,
other vegetables
partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)

Imports: $NA
commodities: coal, gasoline, and oil
partners: UK (regarded as internal trade)

External debt: $NA

Economic aid: none

Currency: 1 Guernsey (LG) pound = 100 pence

Exchange rates: Guernsey pounds (LG) per US$1 - 0.6535 (January
1996), 0.6335 (1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6658 (1993), 0.5664 (1992),
0.5652 (1991); note - the Guernsey pound is at par with the British
pound

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: NA km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Ports: Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 41,850 (1983